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Tangible vs Interchangeable - What's the difference?

tangible | interchangeable |

As adjectives the difference between tangible and interchangeable

is that tangible is touchable; able to be touched or felt]]; perceptible by the sense of [[touch#noun|touch; palpable while interchangeable is freely substitutable may be swapped at will.

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

    * * ----

    interchangeable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Freely substitutable. May be swapped at will.
    • Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that each part had to be made custom.
  • * 2014 , Ian Jack, " Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
    • The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable , as if Britain was just a bigger England.

    Derived terms

    * interchangeably