Perceptible vs Sensable - What's the difference?
perceptible | sensable |
Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
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Capable of being sensed; perceptible, tangible.
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As adjectives the difference between perceptible and sensable
is that perceptible is able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned while sensable is capable of being sensed; perceptible, tangible.As a noun perceptible
is anything that can be perceived.perceptible
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(en adjective)sensable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Although his mind remained aware that he was physically seated within a sensable booth, all his senses told him that he was experiencing the story that was happening around him.
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