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Detectable vs Evident - What's the difference?

detectable | evident |

As adjectives the difference between detectable and evident

is that detectable is detectable while evident is evident, obvious.

As a verb evident is

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detectable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That which can be detected, noticeable.
  • There was a detectable pause before he continued. We all noticed it but no one commented.

    Synonyms

    * measurable

    Antonyms

    * undetectable

    evident

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Obviously true by simple observation.
  • It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=26 citation , passage=Maccario, it was evident , did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them.}}

    Derived terms

    * self-evident