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Permeable vs Riddled - What's the difference?

permeable | riddled | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between permeable and riddled

is that permeable is of or relating to substance, substrate, membrane or material that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids while riddled is damaged throughout by holes.

As a verb riddled is

past tense of riddle.

permeable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to substance, substrate, membrane or material that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids.
    • Rainwater sinks through permeable rock to form an underground reservoir.

    Synonyms

    * water-permeable

    Antonyms

    * impermeable

    Related terms

    * permeability * nonpermeable

    riddled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Damaged throughout by holes.
  • Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
  • #
  • The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud.
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  • #* 2008 , Joan London, The Good Parents , Random House Australia, ISBN 978-1-74166-793-6, page 235:
  • They took a swig each from an old bottle of sherry and ate some stale digestive biscuits sealed in a tin in the mouse-riddled cupboards.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (riddle)

    • Anagrams

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