Comprehensible vs. Intelligible — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Comprehensible and Intelligible
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Comprehensible
Readily comprehended or understood; intelligible.
Intelligible
Capable of being understood
An intelligible set of directions.
Comprehensible
Able to be comprehended.
Intelligible
Capable of being apprehended by the intellect alone.
Comprehensible
Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.
Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it.
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Intelligible
Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.
Italian and Spanish are mutually intelligible languages.
Comprehensible
Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.
The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not comprehensible by us.
Intelligible
Capable of being understood or comprehended; as, an intelligible account or description; intelligible pronunciation, writing, etc.
The intelligible forms of ancient poets.
Comprehensible
Capable of being comprehended or understood;
An idea comprehensible to the average mind
Intelligible
Capable of being apprehended or understood
Intelligible
Well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly;
Intelligible pronunciation
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