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Utterable vs Verbalizable - What's the difference?

utterable | verbalizable | Synonyms |

Verbalizable is a synonym of utterable.



As adjectives the difference between utterable and verbalizable

is that utterable is capable of being expressed in words, especially audibly while verbalizable is that which can be made into words.

utterable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of being expressed in words, especially audibly.
  • *1850 , , White Jacket , ch. 92,
  • *:An utterable nausea oppressed me.
  • *1917 , , Jerry of the Islands , ch. 20,
  • *:In his vocabulary was no word for "crocodile"; yet in his thought, as potent as any utterable word, was an image of dreadful import.

    • Related terms

    *utterability

    References

    *Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    verbalizable

    English

    Adjective

    (-) (v?r-b??-la?z-??bl)
  • That which can be made into words
    • see verbalized.

    Synonyms

    * sayable * speakable * utterable