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Appreciable vs Palpable - What's the difference?

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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)
  • Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; considerable.
  • * 1865 , , Our Mutual Friend , ch. 15:
  • A grain of musk will scent a drawer for many years, and still lose nothing appreciable of its original weight.
  • * 1915 , , Something New , ch. 1:
  • For an appreciable time he did not think of rising from his seat.
  • * 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:
  • 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)
  • Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
  • * (William Shakespeare), Hamlet , act 5, sc. 2:
  • Osric: A hit, a very palpable hit.
  • * 1838 , (Edgar Allan Poe), "Ligeia":
  • I had felt that some palpable although invisible object had passed lightly by my person.
  • * 1894 , (Bret Harte), "The Heir of the McHulishes" in A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories :
  • The next morning the fog had given way to a palpable , horizontally driving rain.
  • Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,
  • * 1913 , (Sax Rohmer), The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu ch. 24:
  • Her voice, her palpable agitation, prepared us for something extraordinary.
  • * 1916 , (Kathleen Norris), The Heart of Rachael , ch. 7:
  • No use in raging, in reasoning, in arguing. No use in setting forth the facts, the palpable right and wrong.
  • (medicine) That can be detected by palpation.
  • Synonyms

    * (capable of being touched) tangible, touchable * (obvious or easily perceived) manifest, noticeable, patent