Responsive vs Permeable - What's the difference?
responsive | permeable |
Answering, replying or responding.
Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
Using antiphons; antiphonal.
Susceptible to the feelings of others.
(obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.
* Alexander Pope
(obsolete) responsible
Of or relating to substance, substrate, membrane or material that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids.
As adjectives the difference between responsive and permeable
is that responsive is answering, replying or responding while permeable is permeable.responsive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
- (Jeremy Taylor)
Antonyms
* nonresponsive * unresponsiveDerived terms
* responsively * responsiveness * responsorial ----permeable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Rainwater sinks through permeable rock to form an underground reservoir.