different between sparable vs soarable

English

Etymology

From sparrowbill, in reference to its shape, like a sparrow's beak.

Noun

sparable (plural sparables)

1. A small headless nail used in making shoes (especially the heels).
   • 1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson 1986, p. 183:

     [H]e was sometimes seen disputing with the cobbler, his opposite neighbour, about the charge of two-pence; and refusing to pay Crispin's demand, unless he put three or four more sparables in the heels of the shoes which he had mended twice before!

Translations

See also

• spareable

Anagrams

• parables, parsable, prebasal

English

Etymology

soar +? -able

Adjective

soarable (comparative more soarable, superlative most soarable)

1. Suitable for soaring.
   • 1912, Flight [1]

     The outer third of the wing of a vulture consists of the wing tips. The inner two-thirds of the wing are cambered (when the wing is extended), and are concerned with lifting effort in unsoarable air and with lifting and tractive effort in soarable air.

Anagrams

• Arebalos, Balasore, bresaola