Straightforward vs Discernible - What's the difference?
straightforward | discernible |
Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
* 1992 , George J. Church, "Why Voters Don't Trust Clinton," Time , 20 Apr, p. 38,
easy, simple, without difficulty
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/15/england-poland-world-cup-qualifier]
Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.
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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
As adjectives the difference between straightforward and discernible
is that straightforward is proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank while discernible is possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.As an adverb straightforward
is in a straightforward manner.straightforward
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A great deal of the uneasiness about Clinton reflects his propensity to dance away from straightforward yes or no answers to any character question.
- Poland played with great energy, quick to the ball, strong in the challenge, and projecting the clear sense they had absolutely no intention whatsoever of making this a straightforward night.
Derived terms
* straightforwardly * straightforwardness * unstraightforwarddiscernible
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Adjective
(en adjective)John Duncan], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=En58zhD3SWUC Duncan's Travels
- To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.