Plausible vs X - What's the difference?
plausible | x |
Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible: a plausible excuse.
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Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.
Using specious arguments or discourse. (rfv-sense)
(obsolete) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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As an adjective plausible
is seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible: a plausible excuse.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.plausible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In short, the twin assumptions that syntactic rules are category-based, and that there are a highly restricted finite set of categories in any natural language (perhaps no more than a dozen major categories), together with the assumption that the child either knows'' (innately) or ''learns (by experience) that all rules are structure-dependent ( =category-based), provide a highly plausible model of language acquisition, in which languages become learnable in a relatively short, finite period of time (a few years).
- a plausible''' pretext; '''plausible''' manners; a '''plausible delusion
- a plausible speaker
- (Bishop Hacket)