Trustable or trustworthy?
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00:00 Trustable Or Trustworthy?
00:23 Answer 1 Score 0
00:43 Accepted Answer Score 7
01:10 Answer 3 Score 1
01:32 Answer 4 Score 2
01:42 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 7
While it is true that trustable does appear in many dictionaries (and therefore may be safely considered a "real" word; whatever that means), trustworthy is the more common choice by far.
Trustable has recently seen an increase in use, but it is clearly nothing close to the use of trustworthy. Trustworthy is certainly the more common option.
In terms of meaning, there does not appear to be any substantial difference.
ANSWER 2
Score 2
Since there is no possibility of someone being trustworthy but NOT trustable or vice versa, it would seem that the words are synonymous
ANSWER 3
Score 1
While often used as synonyms, it seems to me they are somewhat different. Trustable implies able to be trusted, and trustworthy implies worthy of trust. Being trustable doesn't necessarily imply trustworthy, and vice versa. The adjective you use should depend on what concept you are using.
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Because English is so flexible, we are understood if we amend a word with affixes, verb a noun, or otherwise change or add words to our lexicon. "Trustable," though, sounds clunky and is a word an English learner would use. If it sticks, and "trustworthy" does as well, they'll be synonyms and each will acquire its own connotation.