different between viable vs vitality

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

Etymology

vital +? -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va??tæl?ti/, /va??tæl?ti/

Noun

vitality (countable and uncountable, plural vitalities)

1. The capacity to live and develop.
2. Energy or vigour.
3. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

Related terms

• devive
• revive
• survive
• viable
• vim and vigor
• vital
• vivid
• vitalism

Translations

Further reading

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