Invisible vs Disappear - What's the difference?
invisible | disappear |
Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
* (John Milton)
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Not appearing on the surface.
(Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.
(psychology) That is ignored by a person.
(label) To vanish.
(label) To make vanish.
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, title= (label) To go away; to become lost.
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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
(-)- To us invisible , or dimly seen / In these thy lowest works.
William E. Conner
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.}}
- 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.
Synonyms
* (not appearing on the surface) hidden, latentAntonyms
* visible * apparentdisappear
English
Verb
(en verb)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?"}}
F. E. Penny
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 .}}