Hable vs. Able: What's the Difference?

Obsolete form of able

Having sufficient power or resources to accomplish something

Obsolete form of habile

Usage Problem Susceptible to action or treatment

See Habile.

Especially capable or proficient

Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.

Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.

(law) Legally qualified or competent.

(nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.

Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.

(obsolete) Easy to use.

(obsolete) Suitable; competent.

Liable to.

(obsolete) Rich; well-to-do.

To make ready.

To make capable; to enable.

To dress.

To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.

To vouch for; to guarantee.

The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.

Fit; adapted; suitable.

Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech.

Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.

To make able; to enable; to strengthen.

To vouch for.

(usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something;

Have the skills and qualifications to do things well;

Having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity;

Having a strong healthy body;