different between incompatibility vs interchangeable

English

Etymology

incompatible +? -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nk?m?pæt??b?l?ti/

Noun

incompatibility (countable and uncountable, plural incompatibilities)

1. The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilability.

Antonyms

• compatibility

Related terms

• irreconcilability
• incombinability

Derived terms

Translations

References

• incompatibility in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• incompatibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

interchange +? -able

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nt??t?e?nd??bl?/, [?????t?e?nd??bl?]

Adjective

interchangeable (not comparable)

1. Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.

   Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.

   • 2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:

     The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England.

   Synonym: equivalent

2. Following each other in alternate succession; alternating.

Derived terms

• interchangeability
• interchangeably

Translations

Noun

interchangeable (plural interchangeables)

1. Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute.

French

Etymology

From interchanger +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.???.?abl/

Adjective

interchangeable (plural interchangeables)

1. interchangeable, substitutable

Further reading

• “interchangeable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).