Irrefutable vs Palpable - What's the difference?
irrefutable | palpable | Related terms |
Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
* (William Shakespeare), Hamlet , act 5, sc. 2:
* 1838 , (Edgar Allan Poe), "Ligeia":
* 1894 , (Bret Harte), "The Heir of the McHulishes" in A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories :
Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,
* 1913 , (Sax Rohmer), The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu ch. 24:
* 1916 , (Kathleen Norris), The Heart of Rachael , ch. 7:
(medicine) That can be detected by palpation.
Irrefutable is a related term of palpable.
As adjectives the difference between irrefutable and palpable
is that irrefutable is irrefutable (undeniable, unable to be disproved) while palpable is capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.palpable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Osric: A hit, a very palpable hit.
- I had felt that some palpable although invisible object had passed lightly by my person.
- The next morning the fog had given way to a palpable , horizontally driving rain.
- Her voice, her palpable agitation, prepared us for something extraordinary.
- No use in raging, in reasoning, in arguing. No use in setting forth the facts, the palpable right and wrong.