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Observable vs Credible - What's the difference?

observable | credible |

As adjectives the difference between observable and credible

is that observable is able to be observed while credible is believable or plausible.

As a noun observable

is any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties.

observable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be observed.
  • * The strange new star was at the edge of the observable universe
  • Deserving to be observed.
  • * Easter is an observable holiday
  • Noun

    (wikipedia observable) (en noun)
  • (physics) Any physical property that can be observed and measured directly and not derived from other properties
  • Temperature is an observable but entropy is derived.
    In quantum mechanics, observables''' correspond to Hermitian operators. Also, they act a lot like random variables. Taking their average one may recover something resembling a classical '''observable .
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    credible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • believable or plausible
  • authentic or convincing
  • See also

    * street cred