Empirical vs Perceptible - What's the difference?
empirical | perceptible |
Pertaining to or based on experience.
* H. Spencer
Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
(philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
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.
As adjectives the difference between empirical and perceptible
is that empirical is pertaining to or based on experience while perceptible is able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.As a noun perceptible is
anything that can be perceived.empirical
English
Adjective
(-)- The village carpenter lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship.