different between writable vs waitable

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write +? -able

writable (comparative more writable, superlative most writable)

Capable of being written.
Are sign languages writable?
(computing, of a file, storage device, etc.) Capable of being written to.
The file is writable only for users in the admin group.
I burned my family's vacation photos onto a writable CD.
(programming) mutable
- 2009, Randi J. Rost, Bill M. Licea-Kane, Dan Ginsburg, OpenGL Shading Language
  In general, writable variables must have unique instances per processor executing a shader and therefore cannot be shared.

From wait +? -able.

waitable (comparative more waitable, superlative most waitable)

(computing) Implementing a wait/notify functionality.
- 1997, Daniel Appleman, Dan Appleman's Visual Basic 5.0 programmer's guide to the Win32 API,^[1] Ziff-Davis Press, ?ISBN, page 1160:
  This function cancels a waitable timer operation. The timer remains in its current state and will not restart until explicitly started […]
- 2005, Alex Martelli et al., Python Cookbook, Second Edition, O'Reilly Media, Inc., ?ISBN, page 381:
  In a [certain] Win32 application, you need to process messages, but you also want to wait for kernel-level waitable objects, and coordinate several activities.
(of a period of time) Worth waiting, reasonable to wait.
- 2000 September 17, "PHill" (username), "Re: Abit KG7 worth the wait?", in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking.amd, Usenet:
  […] ---2 months can change a lot--- bringing up '2 years' is ridiculous. 2 months is waitable.
Available or accessible within a period of time that is reasonable to wait.
- 1998 July 6, "CapnHook" (username), "HELP!!!!!!!!!!", in alt.disney.disneyland, Usenet:
  […] can someone tell me how busy tomorrowland has been is it waitable or does it like take 3 hrs like some were saying to get on RR […]

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