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Detectable vs Perceptible - What's the difference?

detectable | perceptible |

As adjectives the difference between detectable and perceptible

is that detectable is detectable while perceptible is able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.

As a noun perceptible is

anything that can be perceived.

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

    perceptible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that can be perceived.
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