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Indiscernible vs Visible - What's the difference?

indiscernible | visible |

As adjectives the difference between indiscernible and visible

is that indiscernible is not capable of being discerned, of being perceived while visible is able to be seen.

As a noun indiscernible

is (chiefly|philosophy) something which is incapable of being discerned.

indiscernible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not capable of being discerned, of being perceived.
  • * 1919 , , Dope , ch. 28:
  • The details of the room were indiscernible , lost in yellowish shadow.
  • Not capable of being distinguished from something else.
  • Derived terms

    * indiscernibleness * indiscernibility * indiscernibly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, philosophy) Something which is incapable of being discerned.
  • Derived terms

    * identity of indiscernibles

    visible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be seen.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
  • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close

    Synonyms

    * apparent

    Antonyms

    * invisible * hidden