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Dispensible vs Indispensable - What's the difference?

dispensible | indispensable |

As adjectives the difference between dispensible and indispensable

is that dispensible is while indispensable is (ecclesiastical|obsolete) not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.

As a noun indispensable is

a thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.

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 . }}

    indispensable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.
  • The law was moral and indispensable . -Bp. Burnet
  • Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
  • An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.
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  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * dispensable

    Derived terms

    * indispensability * indispensableness * indispensably

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.
  • (in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers.
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