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Noticeable vs Perceptible - What's the difference?

noticeable | perceptible | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between noticeable and perceptible

is that noticeable is worthy of note; significant while perceptible is able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.

As a noun perceptible is

anything that can be perceived.

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.

    perceptible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that can be perceived.
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