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Visible vs Overt - What's the difference?

visible | overt |

As adjectives the difference between visible and overt

is that visible is able to be seen while overt is open and not secret nor concealed.

visible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be seen.
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    • , title= 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

    Synonyms

    * apparent

    Antonyms

    * invisible * hidden

    Related terms

    * evidence * visage * visibility * vision * visionary * visual * visualization * visualize

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    overt

    English

    (wikipedia overt)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Open and not secret nor concealed.

    • Derived terms

    * overtly * overtness

    Antonyms

    * covert * hidden

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