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Intangible vs Unseen - What's the difference?

intangible | unseen |

As adjectives the difference between intangible and unseen

is that intangible is incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal while unseen is not seen or discovered.

As nouns the difference between intangible and unseen

is that intangible is anything intangible while unseen is an examination involving material not previously seen or studied.

As a verb unseen is

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intangible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal

    • Antonyms

    * tangible

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything intangible
  • (legal) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes

    • unseen

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not seen or discovered.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.}}
  • Unskilled; inexperienced.
    • Derived terms
    * sight unseen

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
    • What has been seen cannot be unseen .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.
    • I have French and Latin unseens this summer.