different between unlickable vs unlockable

English

Etymology

un- +? lickable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?k?bl?/

Adjective

unlickable (comparative more unlickable, superlative most unlickable)

1. Unable to be licked.
2. (colloquial) That cannot be defeated or overcome.
   • 1963, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, Nation's Manpower Revolution (volumes 7-9, page 2585)

     We have tried to lick this problem although I think in a way it is unlickable through a variety of devices.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?k?b?l

Etymology 1

un- +? lockable

Adjective

unlockable (not comparable)

1. Not capable of being locked.
   • 2003, David E. Mulcahy, John Dieltz, Order fulfillment and across the dock concepts, design operations handbook (page 172)

     Casters can be swivel, rigid, lockable, or unlockable.

Etymology 2

unlock +? -able

Adjective

unlockable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being unlocked.
   • 1998, Brent D Heslop, David A Holzgang, HTML Publishing on the Internet

     This unlockable demo allows customers to use the full-featured product free for seven days.

Noun

unlockable (plural unlockables)

1. (video games) An initially hidden feature that is made available to reward the player for some achievement.