edible x eatable

[beachboy]

What´s the difference between the two words above?

 

[Searching for language]

What´s the difference between the two words above?

Edible is correct,
Eatable is not used in the English that I know.

I am not a teacher.

 

[kfredson]

What´s the difference between the two words above?

I do not believe there is any difference. Having said that, I would say that edible is far more commonly used, at least in AE.

Having said that, I would also say that I might use "eatable" if I had cooked a meal and was saying to my guests that I hope it is "eatable," that is, palatable. Saying it is "edible" might tend to mean that it is technically capable of being digested -- grass is edible to a cow but not to a person, for example.

However, I still say that they can be used interchangeably.

 

[bhaisahab]

What´s the difference between the two words above?

"Edible" means "you can eat it, it won't kill you" "Eatable" means it tastes nice.

 

[Searching for language]

I guess I have missed that one. I did not think that anyone uses eatable.

 

[Shenfeng]

An edible fungus, if badly cooked, may be uneatable.