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Noticeable vs Perceivable - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between noticeable and perceivable

is that noticeable is worthy of note; significant while perceivable is capable of being perceived; discernible.

noticeable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Worthy of note; significant.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable . He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}
  • Capable of being seen or noticed.
  • * November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]
    • The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift.

    perceivable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being perceived; discernible.
  • *1818 , , Northanger Abbey , ch. 5,
  • *:Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms, at dressed or undressed balls, was he perceivable .
  • *2003 , " Man in Pakistan: I'm on list," USA Today , 1 Jan. (retrieved 2 Nov. 2008),
    • The only perceivable difference between the AP and FBI photos is that the man in the FBI photo is clean-shaven and shorter-haired.

    Synonyms

    *perceptible, observable

    Derived terms

    * perceivableness *perceivability *perceivably