Talk:feasible

Is it correct to equate "feasible" and "possible" ? "feasible" has more like can-be-actually-done feel to it, as opposed to possible-in-principle-but-not-neccesarily-in-practice "possible".

WordNet says: feasible adj : capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are [syn: {executable}, {practicable}, {viable}, {workable}] adv : in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible [syn: {practicably}] possible adj 1: capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be            possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned             of possible consequences" [ant: {impossible}] 2: existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible        uses of nuclear power" [syn: {potential}] [ant: {actual}] 3: possible to conceive or imagine; "that is one possible        answer" [syn: {conceivable}, {imaginable}] n 1: something that can be done; "politics is the art of the          possible" 2: an applicant who might be suitable

And gcide: Feasible \Fea"si*ble\ (f[=e]"z[i^]*b'l) a. [F. faisable, fr. faire to make or do, fr. L. facere. See {Fact}, {Feat}.] 1. Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable. [1913 Webster]

Always existing before their eyes as a thing feasible in practice. --Burke. [1913 Webster]

It was not feasible to gratify so many ambitions. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster] 2. Fit to be used or tilled, as land. [R.] --R. Trumbull. {Fea"si*ble*ness}, n. --{Fea"si*bly}, adv.       [1913 Webster] Possible \Pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. possibilis, fr. posse to    be able, to have power; potis able, capable + esse to be. See     {Potent}, {Am}, and cf. {Host} a landlord.]     Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or     thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not     contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to     express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come     to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that     Judas meant no wrong.     [1913 Webster]

With God all things are possible. --Matt. xix. 26.    [1913 Webster]

Syn: Practicable; likely. See {Practicable}. [1913 Webster]