different between unlock vs unlockable

English

Etymology

From Middle English unloken, unlouken, onlouken, from Old English onl?can (“to unlock”), equivalent to un- +? lock. Cognate with Dutch ontluiken (“to unlock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?l?k/
• Rhymes: -?k

Verb

unlock (third-person singular simple present unlocks, present participle unlocking, simple past and past participle unlocked)

1. (transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

2. (transitive) To obtain access to something.
3. (transitive) To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.

4. (intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.

   • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.

5. (figurative) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Translations

Noun

unlock (plural unlocks)

1. The act of unlocking something.
   • 1998, Steven Herberts, The Correctional Officer Inside Prisons (page 38)

     Unlike modern, automated prisons, each cell here was locked and unlocked manually with a large skeleton key. The first duty was to get a proper head count of each inmate, insuring each was alive. Once done, an unlock was conducted.

   • 2011, Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, Shaz Qadeer, Computer Aided Verification: 23rd International Conference

     The instructions between a lock and an unlock form a critical section.

References

• “unlock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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.