Cogent vs Conspicuous - What's the difference?
cogent | conspicuous |
Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
Forcefully persuasive.
Obvious or easy to notice.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=7 Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
* 1969 , Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet , Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:
As adjectives the difference between cogent and conspicuous
is that cogent is reasonable and convincing; based on evidence while conspicuous is obvious or easy to notice.cogent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She presented a cogent argument, convincing her audience of the truth of her proposition.
Derived terms
* cogencyconspicuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
- He was conspicuous by his absence.
- For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous .
- He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.