different between validate vs usable

English

Etymology

Morphologically valid +? -ate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?væl.?.de?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?væl.?.de?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

validate (third-person singular simple present validates, present participle validating, simple past and past participle validated)

1. (transitive) To render valid.
   • 2003, Alan Hart, Going to Live in France (page 207)

     Always remember to validate your ticket before entering the train. A non-validated ticket could lead to a hefty fine.

2. (transitive) To check or prove the validity of; verify.
3. (ergative) To have its validity successfully proven.

   The data file cannot be imported because it doesn't validate.

Antonyms

• disprove
• invalidate

Related terms

• valid
• validation
• validator

Translations

Italian

Verb

validate

1. second-person plural present of validare
2. second-person plural imperative of validare
3. feminine plural past participle of validare

Anagrams

• dilavate

English

Alternative forms

• useable

Etymology

From Old French usable, from the verb user (“to use”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju?.z?.b?l/

Adjective

usable (comparative more usable, superlative most usable)

1. Capable of being used.

   Antonym: unusable

2. Easy to use; exhibiting good usability.

   Synonym: user-friendliness

3. homosexual
   • 2019 episode 1 A Very English Scandal

     Are you telling me that you were useable?

Derived terms

• usability
• unusable

Translations

See also

• utilizable

Anagrams

• Bleaus, suable

Catalan

Etymology

usar +? -able

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /u?za.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /u?za.ble/

Adjective

usable (masculine and feminine plural usables)

1. usable

   Synonym: utilitzable

   Antonym: inusable

Derived terms

• inusable

Further reading

• “usable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “usable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “usable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “usable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

usar +? -able

Adjective

usable (plural usables)

1. usable

   Synonym: utilizable