different between wainable vs painable

wainable

English

Etymology

wain +? -able

Adjective

wainable (comparative more wainable, superlative most wainable)

  1. (obsolete) Capable of being ploughed or cultivated; arable; tillable.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)

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painable

English

Etymology

pain +? -able. Compare French pénible.

Adjective

painable (comparative more painable, superlative most painable)

  1. (obsolete) painful
    • 1649, John Evelyn, Of Liberty and Servitude
      The manacles of Astyages were not [] the less weighty and paynable for being composed of gold or silver.

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