different between viable vs promising

English

Etymology

From French, from Medieval Latin *v?t?bilis (“capable of life”), from Latin v?ta (“life”); see vital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va??b?l/
• Rhymes: -a??b?l
• Hyphenation: vi?a?ble

Adjective

viable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable)

1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
2. Able to be done, possible.

3. (biology) Able to live and develop.

Antonyms

• inviable

Derived terms

• viability

Related terms

Translations

Noun

viable (plural viables)

1. (biology) An organism that is able to live and develop.

Further reading

• viable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• viable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Adjective

viable (plural viables)

1. viable, feasible

Further reading

• “viable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bjable/, [?bja.??le]

Adjective

viable (plural viables)

1. viable

Derived terms

• inviable

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??m?s??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??m?s??/
• Hyphenation: prom?is?ing

Adjective

promising (comparative more promising, superlative most promising)

1. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.

   a promising young apprentice

2. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

Translations

Verb

promising

1. present participle of promise

Noun

promising (plural promisings)

1. The act of making a promise.
   • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)

     So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".