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Porous vs Prominent - What's the difference?

porous | prominent |

As adjectives the difference between porous and prominent

is that porous is full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through while prominent is standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.

porous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
  • Sponges are porous so they can filter water while trapping food.
    Concrete is porous , so water will slowly filter through it.
  • (Of legislation) full of loopholes
  • (figuratively) With many gaps.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=May 14 , author=Peter Scrivener , title=Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=However, Wolves porous defence opened up again to gift Sunderland a foothold in the game - Sessegnon sweeping in a Zenden corner that was inexplicably allowed to bounce in the six-yard box. }}

    Synonyms

    * (full of holes ): permeable

    prominent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
  • Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
  • Eminent; distinguished above others.
  • Synonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * prominently

    See also

    * imminent * eminent