Difference between Problematic and Debatable

What is the difference between Problematic and Debatable?

Problematic as an adjective is posing a problem; difficult to overcome or solve while Debatable as an adjective is controversial. not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.

Problematic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: posing a problem; difficult to overcome or solve debatable; open to doubt unresolved or dubious doubtful or uncertain in its outcome

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A problem or difficulty in a particular field of study

Example sentence: I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that being cynical is somehow conflated with being sophisticated. I think that's problematic, to say the least.

Debatable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.Of a person, argumentative.A fitting subject for debate.

Example sentence: Clemens, Seaver, Gibson, Maddux - I just don't see myself in that category. I'm flattered that maybe it's debatable at this point.

We hope you now know whether to use Problematic or Debatable in your sentence.

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