different between understandable vs scrutable

English

From Middle English understondable, equivalent to understand +? -able.

understandable (comparative more understandable, superlative most understandable)

(capable of being understood): comprehensible, understandable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible
(capable of being accepted): acceptable, excusable

(capable of being understood): incomprehensible, unfathomable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
(capable of being accepted): inexcusable, unacceptable

By playful back-formation from inscrutable.

scrutable (comparative more scrutable, superlative most scrutable)

(informal) understandable, comprehensible
The learned weights of a neural network are often considered devoid of scrutable internal structure.
- 2020, Filan et al, Neural Networks are Surprisingly Modular.

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