Appreciable vs Palpable - What's the difference?
appreciable | palpable | Related terms |
Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; considerable.
* 1865 , , Our Mutual Friend , ch. 15:
* 1915 , , Something New , ch. 1:
* 2002 , John J. Mearsheimer, "Realism, the Real World, and the Academy," in Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies (M. Brecher and F. P. Harvey, eds.), ISBN 9780472088591, p. 27:
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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* 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.
Appreciable is a related term of palpable.
As adjectives the difference between appreciable and palpable
is that appreciable is substantial while palpable is capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.appreciable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A grain of musk will scent a drawer for many years, and still lose nothing appreciable of its original weight.
- For an appreciable time he did not think of rising from his seat.
- If NEAsia were a zone of peace, those American forces would be unnecessary and they could be sent home and demobilized, saving the U.S. taxpayer an appreciable sum of money.
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*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.