Unseen vs Invisible - What's the difference?
unseen | invisible |
Not seen or discovered.
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An examination involving material not previously seen or studied.
Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
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Not appearing on the surface.
(Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.
(psychology) That is ignored by a person.
As adjectives the difference between unseen and invisible
is that unseen is not seen or discovered while invisible is unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.As a verb unseen
is past participle of lang=en.As a noun unseen
is an examination involving material not previously seen or studied.unseen
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en adjective)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.}}
Derived terms
* sight unseenEtymology 2
Verb
(head)- What has been seen cannot be unseen .
Noun
(en noun)- I have French and Latin unseens this summer.
invisible
English
Adjective
(-)- To us invisible , or dimly seen / In these thy lowest works.
William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible ” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
- The teeth on an invisible zip are different from those on a conventional zip, as they are turned onto the inside so that they do not show, giving the impression of being concealed in the seam, as seen below.
