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Ponderable vs Etherial - What's the difference?

ponderable | etherial |

As adjectives the difference between ponderable and etherial

is that ponderable is ponderable while etherial is .

ponderable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (physics) Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
  • Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
  • *1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 77:
  • *:The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.

    • Related terms

    * ponder * ponderous

    etherial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • * Herman Melville, Of Rama
    • The innocent if lawless elf, / Etherial in virginity, / Retains the consciousness of self.