The difference between Eligible and Suitable
When used as adjectives, eligible means allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something, whereas suitable means having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task.
Eligible is also noun with the meaning: one who is eligible.
check bellow for the other definitions of Eligible and Suitable
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Eligible as an adjective:
allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
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Eligible as an adjective:
worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
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Eligible as a noun:
One who is eligible.
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Suitable as an adjective:
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.