Difference between Unreliable and Fallible

What is the difference between Unreliable and Fallible?

Unreliable as an adjective is not reliable. while Fallible as an adjective is capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

Unreliable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not reliable.

Example sentence: I write unreliable narrators because - paradoxically - they're the most honest, true-to-life kind there is.

Fallible

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Capable of making mistakes or being wrong.

Example sentence: It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like Homer Simpson than Superman. So from this perspective it is rather depressing. But at the same time there is also a silver lining. There are free lunches!

We hope you now know whether to use Unreliable or Fallible in your sentence.

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