different between seaworthy vs navigable

English

Alternative forms

• sea-worthy

Etymology

sea +? -worthy

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?si?w??ði/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?si?w?ði/

Adjective

seaworthy (comparative seaworthier, superlative seaworthiest)

1. Fit for service at sea.
   • 1922, James A. Cooper, Sheila of Big Wreck Cove:

     Yet everybody knows that a cargo properly stowed in a seaworthy craft reaches market in much the better condition than by rail, though perhaps it is some hours longer on the way.

Antonyms

• unseaworthy

Derived terms

• seaworthiness

Translations

See also

• airworthy
• roadworthy

Anagrams

• otherways

English

Etymology

From Middle French navigable, from Latin navigabilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?næv???b?l/

Adjective

navigable (comparative more navigable, superlative most navigable)

1. (of a body of water) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
2. (of a boat) Seaworthy; in a navigable state; steerable.
3. (of a balloon) Steerable, dirigible.
4. Easy to navigate.

Synonyms

• navigatable (possibly nonstandard)

Antonyms

• unnavigable

Derived terms

• keyboard-navigable
• navigability

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• navigable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• navigable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• navigable at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

From naviguer +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.vi.?abl/

Adjective

navigable (plural navigables)

1. navigable

Further reading

• “navigable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).