Difference between Answerable and Soluble

What is the difference between Answerable and Soluble?

Answerable as an adjective is obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. while Soluble as an adjective is able to be dissolved.

Answerable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it.

Example sentence: We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Soluble

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Able to be dissolved.Able to be solved or explained.

We hope you now know whether to use Answerable or Soluble in your sentence.

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