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Detestable vs Detectable - What's the difference?

detestable | detectable |

As adjectives the difference between detestable and detectable

is that detestable is detestable, despicable while detectable is detectable.

detestable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.
  • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

    Derived terms

    * detestableness

    See also

    * hateful * abominable * loathsome * horrid

    Anagrams

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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