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Passable vs. Passible
Passable
Examples:
The path was rough but still passable after the storm.Her cooking skills are passable, nothing more.They delivered a passable performance in the play.
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Passible
Examples:
His heart is soft and passible to the sufferings of others.The passible nature of the character was central to the plot.She had a passible response to the emotional scene on stage.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Passable means good enough, not excellent, but can be accepted.
- Passible is a theological term used to describe the capacity to experience suffering, often in divine contexts.
- Remember passable with its root word pass indicating something that passes acceptable standards.
- Passible is rarely used in everyday language and more common in religious studies.
- You will encounter passable in everyday conversation more often than passible.
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