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Intangible vs Incomprehensible - What's the difference?

intangible | incomprehensible |

As adjectives the difference between intangible and incomprehensible

is that intangible is incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal while incomprehensible is impossible or very difficult to understand.

As a noun intangible

is anything intangible.

intangible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal

    • Antonyms

    * tangible

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything intangible
  • (legal) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes

    • incomprehensible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Impossible or very difficult to understand.
  • * Greg Bear, Heads , 1990
    • He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'
  • * Mark Twain, Letters From The Earth , 1938
    • But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.

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