Defendable and Explicable

Defendable

Defendable adjective - Capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack.
Usage example: your thesis had better be defendable for the attacks are going to be withering

Explicable and defendable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explicable" instead an adjective "Defendable".

Explicable

Explicable adjective - Capable of having the reason for or cause of determined.

Defendable and explicable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defendable" instead an adjective "Explicable".

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