Indistinct vs Indiscernible - What's the difference?
indistinct | indiscernible |
(of an image etc) not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim
(of a thought, idea etc) hazy or vague
(of speech) difficult to understand
Not capable of being discerned, of being perceived.
* 1919 , , Dope , ch. 28:
Not capable of being distinguished from something else.
As adjectives the difference between indistinct and indiscernible
is that indistinct is not clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim while indiscernible is not capable of being discerned, of being perceived.As a noun indiscernible is
something which is incapable of being discerned.indistinct
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Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* distinctindiscernible
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The details of the room were indiscernible , lost in yellowish shadow.