Striking vs Perceptible - What's the difference?
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Making a strong impression.
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The act by which something strikes or is struck.
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Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.
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Striking is a related term of perceptible.
As adjectives the difference between striking and perceptible
is that striking is making a strong impression while perceptible is able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.As nouns the difference between striking and perceptible
is that striking is the act by which something strikes or is struck while perceptible is anything that can be perceived.As a verb striking
is .striking
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?