Dispensible vs Indispensable - What's the difference?
dispensible | indispensable |
*{{quote-journal, 2001, date=August 10, Yongkyu Park & Mitzi I. Kuroda, Epigenetic Aspects of X-Chromosome Dosage Compensation, Science
, 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
, 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 . }} (ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.
Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
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, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=2 A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.
(in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers.
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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
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indispensable
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(en adjective)- The law was moral and indispensable . -Bp. Burnet
- An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.
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.}}