These two adjectives both describe things that are “equal” in some sense.
Equable means “relatively the same everywhere, without extremes” and therefore implies gentle, mild, and even.
The medierranean area is known for its equable climate.
Equitable means “fair” in the sense of “treating all people equally”:
I will take the job if they offer me an equitable salary.
More Examples of How to Use "Equable" in a Sentence
- The weather has been quite equable lately, with neither too hot nor too cold.
- Lacey and I have stayed equable during our divorce proceedings.
- Mateo has always been a bit of a troublemaker, but lately he's starting to behave much more equably.
- Mrs. Smith, the substitute teacher, tried to keep an equable tone in her voice, but it was obvious that she was angry.
- Todd and Susan were hoping for an equable solution, but neither side was willing to compromise.
More Examples of How to Use "Equitable" in a Sentence
- For some reason, my boss doesn't feel that he should pay his workers an equitable wage.
- The judge said that in order for there to be an equitable division of assets, she would need to make a decision based on who was most responsible for their creation and maintenance.
- Julia got an equitable share of the company's assets after the divorce.
- The new tax law is intended to provide an equitable distribution of the tax burden.
- The punishment for a crime should be appropriate and equitable to the severity of the offense, not distorted by bias or affinity.
- According to union officials, employees at the company were not being treated equitably, so they went on strike.