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Invisible vs Disappear - What's the difference?

invisible | disappear |

As an adjective invisible

is unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.

As a verb disappear is

(label) to vanish.

invisible

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
  • * (John Milton)
  • To us invisible , or dimly seen / In these thy lowest works.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.
  • * {{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 (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
  • * 2013 , Jayne Smith, Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry (page 60)
  • The teeth on an invisible zip are different from those on a conventional zip, as they are turned onto the inside so that they do not show, giving the impression of being concealed in the seam, as seen below.
  • Not appearing on the surface.
  • (Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.
  • (psychology) That is ignored by a person.
  • Synonyms

    * (not appearing on the surface) hidden, latent

    Antonyms

    * visible * apparent

    disappear

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To vanish.
  • (label) To make vanish.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1973, author=Joseph Heller, chapter=38 Kid Sister
  • , title= Catch 22: A Dramatization , genre=Fiction, publisher=Delacorte Press, passage="Did they disappear' him?" / "I don’t know." / "What will you do if they decide to ' disappear you?"}}
  • (label) To go away; to become lost.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
  • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared .}}

    Synonyms

    * (to vanish) dematerialize, vanish

    Antonyms

    * (to vanish) appear

    Anagrams

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