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Remediable vs. Remedial
Remediable
/rɪˈmiːdiəbəl/Examples:
The doctor assured her the condition was remediable.Most software glitches are remediable with updates.His financial issues appear to be easily remediable.
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Remedial
/rɪˈmiːdiəl/Examples:
The school offers remedial classes for struggling students.She took up a remedial course to improve her math skills.Remedial actions were necessary to fix the broken system.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Remediable has the suffix -able, suggesting the potential to be remedied or corrected.
- Remedial ends in -ial, which often relates to the function, purpose, or nature of an action, meaning it's intended for improvement or correction.
- If something is remediable, it can be fixed, whereas something remedial is meant to fix or improve.
- Remembering that -able typically describes whether something can be done, while -ial describes the essence or nature of something can help differentiate them.
- Both share the root remedy, but remediable pertains to the possibility of correction, while remedial is about providing corrective measures.
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