Reversible vs. Revertible — What's the Difference?

Able to be turned the other way round

To go back to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief

(of the effects of a process or condition) capable of being reversed so that the previous state or situation is restored

To resume using something that has been disused

Finished so that either side can be used

(Law) To be returned to the former owner or to the former owner's heirs. Used of money or property.

Wearable with either side turned outward

(Genetics) To undergo reversion.

Capable of assuming or producing either of two states

Chiefly South Asian To reply.

Of or relating to a process, such as a chemical reaction or a phase change, in which the system undergoing the process can be returned to its original state.

To cause to go back to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief

A reversible fabric or item of clothing.

(Law) To return (an estate, for example) to the grantor or the grantor's heirs or successor.

Able to be reversed.

Able to be reverted.

Able to be worn inside out.

Capable of, or admitting of, reverting or being reverted; as, a revertible estate.

Capable of proceeding in either direction.

To be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs

Capable of returning to the original state.

(thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

(law) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.

A garment that can be worn inside out.

Capable of being reversed; as, a chair or seat having a reversible back; a reversible judgment or sentence.

Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; - said of fabrics.

A garment (especially a coat) that can be worn inside out (with either side of the cloth showing)

Capable of reversing or being reversed;

Capable of being reversed or used with either side out;

Capable of being reversed;

Capable of assuming or producing either of two states;