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Tangible vs Eligible - What's the difference?

tangible | eligible |

As adjectives the difference between tangible and eligible

is that tangible is touchable; able to be touched or felt]]; perceptible by the sense of [[touch#noun|touch; palpable while eligible is eligible.

As a noun tangible

is real or concrete results.

tangible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Touchable; able to be touched or felt]]; perceptible by the sense of [[touch#Noun, touch; palpable.
  • Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
  • Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Real or concrete results.
    • Yes, but what are the tangibles ?

    See also

    * real * palpable * touch

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    eligible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suitable; meeting the conditions; worthy of being chosen; allowed to do something.

    • Usage notes

    Used in the phrase (eligible bachelor) to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.

    Related terms

    * eligibility * eligibly * elite * choosable * licensed

    Synonyms

    * qualified

    Antonyms

    * ineligible * unqualified

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is eligible.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 3, author=Diane Ravitch, title=Get Congress Out of the Classroom, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Federal agencies report that only about 1 percent of eligible students take advantage of switching schools and fewer than 20 percent of eligibles receive extra tutoring.}}