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.
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             Always existing before their eyes as a thing
             feasible in practice.                 --Burke.
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             It was not feasible to gratify so many ambitions.
                                                   --Beaconsfield.
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    2. Fit to be used or tilled, as land. [R.] --R. Trumbull.
       {Fea"si*ble*ness}, n. --{Fea"si*bly}, adv.
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 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.
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          With God all things are possible.        --Matt. xix.
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    Syn: Practicable; likely. See {Practicable}.
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