2020-09-24 ศัพท์ ที่มักสับสนชุด F – Feasible & possible - viable
2020-09-24
ศัพท์ ที่มักสับสนในการใช้ ชุด F – Feasible & possible - viable
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง “Feasible” = ‘FEE-zuh-buhl’
ออกเสียง “Viable” = ‘VAHY-uh-buhl’
ออกเสียง “Possible” = ‘POS=uh-buhl’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for feasible
POSSIBLE, PRACTICABLE, FEASIBLE
mean capable of being realized.
POSSIBLE implies that a thing may certainly exist or occur given the proper conditions. a possible route up the west face of the mountain
PRACTICABLE implies that something may be effected by available means or under current conditions. a solution that is not practicable in the time available
FEASIBLE applies to what is likely to work or be useful in attaining the end desired. commercially feasible for mass production
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Feasible and Doable
Feasible comes from faire, the French verb meaning “to do.”
Doable and feasible therefore originally meant literally the same thing:
“capable of being done.”
Indeed, doable was formed with -able, the Latin-derived French ending meaning “capable of” combined, in this instance, with do, a word with roots in Old English and one of the most basic and useful of our verbs.
Though their respective etymological meanings may overlap,
doable and feasible existmore in parallel with each other than as true synonyms.
As with most such pairs of words, the Latin-derived term is used when describing more abstract notions.
The words most commonly modified by feasible include:
Option – alternative – solution – plan - approach
These are words that describe what has yet to bedecided or what will be carefully considered.
By contrast, doable modifies more concreteterms:
Task – thing - target
Feasible is used when an element of abstraction, distance, and technical specificity is needed.
The more earthy doable is rarely usedin formal writing, and is not found in the works of Shakespeare, the King James Bible, or any of the founding documents of the United States.
This abstract use of feasible also accounts for the word that expresses a putative, conceptual, or hypothetical state: feasibility.
Indeed, we frequently encounter “feasibility study” but not “doability study” (although doability is a word that is sometimes used, it hasn’t yet been added to most dictionaries).
As long as something is just an idea, it’s feasible.
When it’s time for action, we need to find outif it’s doable.
Choose the Right Synonym for possible
POSSIBLE, PRACTICABLE, FEASIBLE
mean capable of being realized.
POSSIBLE implies that a thing may certainly exist or occur given the proper conditions. a possible route up the west face of the mountain
PRACTICABLE implies that something may be effected by available means or under current conditions. a solution that is not practicable in the time available
FEASIBLE applies to what is likely to work or be useful in attaining the end desired. commercially feasible for mass production
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Word History
Is It 'Feasible' or Is It 'Doable'?
Two words separated by a common meaning
The richness of English vocabulary is partly due to the subtle shades of meaning expressed by words that are similar enough to be called synonyms but rarely used interchangeably:
lean/skinny - clean/cleanse - dead/deceased
The most common and basic words in English,
such as the so-called helping verbs
or auxiliary verbs have, be, may, can, and do,
provide functions that are not duplicated by synonyms.
But when a word happens to derive from one of these function words,
its synonym is almost surely used in a more narrow and specific way.
Such is the case with the twin words doable and feasible.
The verb do is as old as English itself, one of the workhorses of the language.
After the Norman Conquest, the Latin-derived French ending -able was added to create doable, formed at the very moment that a parallel and more formal French term was also being introduced to English:
feasible comes from faire, the French verb meaning “to do.”
Doable and feasible therefore originally meant literally the same thing: “capable of being done.”
And yet, from the beginning, feasible seemed to be used when describing more abstract notions.
The words it most commonly modifies include:
Option – alternative – solution – plan - approach
These are words that describe what has yet to bedecided or what will be carefully considered.
By contrast, doable modifies more concrete terms:
Task – thing - target
The words used in some definitions for these synonyms expressthis distinction:
doable means “practicable” and feasible means “possible.”
As is so often the case, the term derived from Latin is used when an element of abstraction, distance, and technical specificity is needed.
The more earthy, Old English-derived doable is rarely used in formal writing, and is not found in the works of Shakespeare, the King James Bible, or any of the founding documents of the United States.
This abstract use of feasible also accounts for the word that expresses a putative, conceptual, or hypothetical state: feasibility.
Though their etymological meanings may overlap,
doable and feasible exist more in parallel with each other than as true synonyms. As long as something is just an idea, it’s feasible.
When it’s time for action, we need to find out if it’s doable.
Collins English Dictionary
Possible
Usage: Although it is very common to talk about
something being very possible or more possible,
these uses are generally thought to be incorrect,
since possible describes an absolute state,
and therefore, something can only be possible or not possible:
it is very likely (not very possible) that he will resign;
it has now become easier (not more possible) to obtain an entry visa
Collins COBUILD English Usage
Possible – possibly
1. 'possible'
Possible is an adjective. If something is possible, it can be done or achieved.
It is possible for us to measure the amount of rain.
Some improvement may be possible.
Possible is often used in expressions
such as: as soon as possible and as much as possible.
If you do something as soon as possible, you do it as soon as you can.
I like to know as much as possible about my patients.
He sat as far away from me as possible.
Be Careful!
Don't say 'as soon as possibly'.
You also use possible to say that something may be true or correct.
It is possible that he made a mistake.
That's one possible answer.
2. 'possibly'
Possibly is an adverb.
You use possibly to show that you are not sure about something.
Television is possibly to blame for this.
She is always cheerful, which is possibly why people like her.
You also use possibly when you are asking someone to do something in a very polite way.
For example, you say 'Could you possibly carry this for me?'
Could you possibly meet me there tomorrow at ten?
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