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Tangible vs Appreciable - What's the difference?

tangible | appreciable |

As adjectives the difference between tangible and appreciable

is that tangible is touchable; able to be touched or felt]]; perceptible by the sense of [[touch#noun|touch; palpable while appreciable is substantial.

As a noun tangible

is real or concrete results.

tangible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Touchable; able to be touched or felt]]; perceptible by the sense of [[touch#Noun, touch; palpable.
  • Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
  • Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Real or concrete results.
    • Yes, but what are the tangibles ?

    See also

    * real * palpable * touch

    Anagrams

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    appreciable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; considerable.
  • * 1865 , , Our Mutual Friend , ch. 15:
    • A grain of musk will scent a drawer for many years, and still lose nothing appreciable of its original weight.
  • * 1915 , , Something New , ch. 1:
    • For an appreciable time he did not think of rising from his seat.
  • * 2002 , John J. Mearsheimer, "Realism, the Real World, and the Academy," in Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies (M. Brecher and F. P. Harvey, eds.), ISBN 9780472088591, p. 27:
    • If NEAsia were a zone of peace, those American forces would be unnecessary and they could be sent home and demobilized, saving the U.S. taxpayer an appreciable sum of money.

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