Nebulous vs Intangible - What's the difference?
nebulous | intangible |
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Vague or ill-defined.
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
Anything intangible
(legal) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes
As adjectives the difference between nebulous and intangible
is that nebulous is in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy while intangible is incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.As a noun intangible is
anything intangible.nebulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
