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Dispensible vs Accessible - What's the difference?

dispensible | accessible |

As adjectives the difference between dispensible and accessible

is that dispensible is while accessible is easy of access or approach; approachable.

dispensible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • *{{quote-journal, 2001, date=August 10, Yongkyu Park & Mitzi I. Kuroda, Epigenetic Aspects of X-Chromosome Dosage Compensation, Science citation
    • , passage=Another striking epigenetic aspect of Xist'' function is that the ''Xist locus is dispensible for maintenance of the inactive state (25 , 26 ). }}
  • *{{quote-journal, 1997, date=October 31, John D. Woronicz et al., I{kappa}B Kinase-: NF-B Activation and Complex Formation with IB Kinase- and NIK, Science citation
    • , passage=The region of IKK- containing the leucine zipper-like motif was required both for homodimerization of IKK- and for formation of heterodimers with IKK- , whereas the putative helix-loop-helix region was dispensible . }}

    accessible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Easy of access or approach; approachable.
    • an accessible town or mountain
  • Easy to get along with.
  • Open to the influence of.
  • * Minds accessible to reason. - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
  • Obtainable; to be got at.
  • * The best information ... at present accessible . - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
  • (art, literature) Easily understood.
  • Capable of being used or seen.

    • Usage notes

    * (open to influence) Followed by to .

    Antonyms

    * inaccessible

    Derived terms

    * accessibility * accessibly