Attributed vs. Attributable — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Attributed and Attributable
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Attributed
To regard as arising from a particular cause or source; ascribe
Attributed their failure to a lack of preparation.
Attributable
To regard as arising from a particular cause or source; ascribe
Attributed their failure to a lack of preparation.
Attributed
To regard (a work, for example) as belonging to or produced by a specified agent, place, or time
Attributed the painting to Titian.
Attributed the vase to 18th-century Japan.
Attributable
To regard (a work, for example) as belonging to or produced by a specified agent, place, or time
Attributed the painting to Titian.
Attributed the vase to 18th-century Japan.
Attributed
A quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something.
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Attributable
A quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something.
Attributed
An object associated with and serving to identify a character, personage, or office
Lightning bolts are an attribute of Zeus.
Attributable
An object associated with and serving to identify a character, personage, or office
Lightning bolts are an attribute of Zeus.
Attributed
(Grammar) A word or phrase syntactically subordinate to another word or phrase that it modifies; for example, my sister's and brown in my sister's brown dog.
Attributable
(Grammar) A word or phrase syntactically subordinate to another word or phrase that it modifies; for example, my sister's and brown in my sister's brown dog.
Attributed
Simple past tense and past participle of attribute
Attributable
Capable of being attributed.
His lack of conversation is attributable to his shyness.
Attributed
(programming) decorated with an attribute
Attributable
Allowed to be attributed.
Attributed
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Attributable
Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.
Errors . . . attributable to carelessness.
Attributable
Capable of being attributed;
The collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale
An idea attributable to a Russian
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