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Tangible vs Perceivable - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between tangible and perceivable

is that tangible is touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch; palpable while perceivable is capable of being perceived; discernible.

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

    * * ----

    perceivable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being perceived; discernible.
  • *1818 , , Northanger Abbey , ch. 5,
  • *:Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms, at dressed or undressed balls, was he perceivable .
  • *2003 , " Man in Pakistan: I'm on list," USA Today , 1 Jan. (retrieved 2 Nov. 2008),
    • The only perceivable difference between the AP and FBI photos is that the man in the FBI photo is clean-shaven and shorter-haired.

    Synonyms

    *perceptible, observable

    Derived terms

    * perceivableness *perceivability *perceivably