The difference between Evitable and Inevitable

When used as adjectives, evitable means possible to avoid, whereas inevitable means impossible to avoid or prevent.


Inevitable is also noun with the meaning: something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.

check bellow for the other definitions of Evitable and Inevitable

  1. Evitable as an adjective (uncommon):

    Possible to avoid; avertible.

    Examples:

    "synonyms: avoidable avertable escapable preventable resistible"

    "ant ineluctable inescapable inevitable irresistible unavoidable unescapable unpreventable"

    "The tragic consequences were evitable."

  1. Inevitable as an adjective:

    Impossible to avoid or prevent.

    Examples:

    "We were going so fast that the collision was inevitable."

  2. Inevitable as an adjective:

    Predictable, or always happening.

    Examples:

    "My outburst met with the inevitable punishment."

  1. Inevitable as a noun:

    Something that is predictable, necessary, or cannot be avoided.