Penetrable vs Sievelike - What's the difference?
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Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.
* 1867 : , The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
* 1900 : Arthur M. Mann, The Boer in Peace and War
* 1996 : Peter Carruthers & Peter K. Smith, Theories of Theories of Mind
Resembling a sieve; thus, having holes through which fluids can pass
As adjectives the difference between penetrable and sievelike
is that penetrable is capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced while sievelike is resembling a sieve; thus, having holes through which fluids can pass.penetrable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- On the east the high mountain-chain of Zagros, penetrable only in one or two places, forms a barrier of the most marked character, and is beyond a doubt the natural limit for which we are looking.
- A Boer may know you, but it will take you some time to know him, and when a certain stage in your acquaintance is reached, you may begin to wonder whether his real nature is penetrable at all.
- A capacity is cognitively penetrable in this sense if that capacity is affected by the subject's knowledge or ignorance of the domain.
Antonyms
* impenetrableReferences
*sievelike
English
Alternative forms
*sieve-likeAdjective
(en adjective)- a sievelike membrane