Difference between Doubtful and Dubitable

What is the difference between Doubtful and Dubitable?

Doubtful as an adjective is subject to, or causing doubt while Dubitable as an adjective is capable of being doubted; susceptible of being questioned.

Doubtful

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Subject to, or causing doubt Experiencing or showing doubt Undecided or of uncertain outcome Improbable or unlikely Suspicious, or of dubious character

Example sentence: The Vietnam War and the Iraq war, in different ways, both made me feel like I could not not address them. I'm very doubtful about the usefulness of poetry to do that.

Dubitable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Capable of being doubted; susceptible of being questioned.

We hope you now know whether to use Doubtful or Dubitable in your sentence.

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