Pervious vs Pervasive - What's the difference?
pervious | pervasive |
Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable.
* Alexander Pope
Accepting of new ideas.
Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
* (Jeremy Taylor)
(obsolete) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
(zoology) open; perforate, as applied to the nostrils of birds
Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.
As adjectives the difference between pervious and pervasive
is that pervious is admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable while pervasive is manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.pervious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a pervious soil
- [Doors] pervious to winds, and open every way.
- God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye.
- (Prior)
Antonyms
* imperviousSee also
* permeable * porousAnagrams
* *pervasive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The medication had a pervasive effect on the patient's health.