different between breakable vs separable

English

Etymology

break +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?e?k?bl/

Adjective

breakable (comparative more breakable, superlative most breakable)

1. Able to break or be broken.
2. Fragile.

Synonyms

• destructible
• See Thesaurus:fragile

Antonyms

• unbreakable

Translations

Noun

breakable (plural breakables)

1. Something that is (easily) breakable.

   We had to wrap all the breakables before the movers arrived.

2. (usually in the plural, music) A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.

Usage notes

• May be more common as breakables, the group of things that are easily broken.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French séparable, from Latin separabilis.

Adjective

separable (comparative more separable, superlative most separable)

1. Able to be separated.
2. (mathematical analysis, of a topological space) Having a countable dense subset.

Synonyms

• disunitable
• separatable

Antonyms

• (able to be separated): annexable, combinable, inseparable

Derived terms

• separable affix
• separable verb

Related terms

• separability

Translations

Anagrams

• bearleaps, parseable, spareable, spearable

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin s?par?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sepa??able/, [se.pa??a.??le]

Adjective

separable (plural separables)

1. separable, detachable

   Antonym: inseparable

Related terms

• inseparable
• separar

Further reading

• “separable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.