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Cogent vs Virile - What's the difference?

cogent | virile |

As adjectives the difference between cogent and virile

is that cogent is reasonable and convincing; based on evidence while virile is being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.

cogent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
  • Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
  • Forcefully persuasive.
  • She presented a cogent argument, convincing her audience of the truth of her proposition.

    Derived terms

    * cogency

    virile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
  • (grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
  • Antonyms

    * nonvirile

    Derived terms

    * virility ----