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Difference Between Manageable and Tolerable

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Manageable

Able to be controlled or dealt with without difficulty
Her long hair was black, wavy, and manageable

Tolerable

Capable of being tolerated; endurable
Found the workload tolerable and so kept the job.

Manageable

Capable of being managed or controlled
Manageable problems.

Tolerable

Acceptable but not superior; passable
"This encouraged me to think I might possibly in time come to be a tolerable English writer" (Benjamin Franklin).

Manageable

Capable of being managed or controlled.
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Tolerable

Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.

Manageable

Capable of being done or fulfilled; achievable.

Tolerable

Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.

Manageable

Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient; as, a manageable horse.

Tolerable

Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
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Manageable

Easy to handle or use or manage;
A large but wieldy book

Tolerable

In fair health; passably well.

Manageable

Capable of being managed or controlled

Tolerable

(dialect) tolerably; passably; moderately.

Manageable

Easily dealt with;
Manageable problems

Tolerable

Capable of being borne or endured; supportable, either physically or mentally.
As may affect the earth with cold and heatScarce tolerable.

Tolerable

Moderately good or agreeable; not contemptible; not very excellent or pleasing, but such as can be borne or received without disgust, resentment, or opposition; passable; as, a tolerable administration; a tolerable entertainment; a tolerable translation.

Tolerable

Able to be tolerated or endured;
The climate is at least tolerable

Tolerable

Neither good nor bad;
An indifferent performance
A gifted painter but an indifferent actor
Her work at the office is passable
A so-so golfer
Feeling only so-so
Prepared a tolerable dinner
A tolerable working knowledge of French

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