Expressible vs. Expressive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Expressible and Expressive
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Expressible
To set forth in words; state
Express an opinion.
Expressive
Of, relating to, or characterized by expression
A child's expressive ability.
Expressible
To manifest or communicate, as by a gesture; show
Expressed his anger with a frown.
Expressive
Serving to express or indicate meaning or feeling
Actions expressive of frustration.
Expressible
To make known the feelings or opinions of (oneself), as by statement or art.
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Expressive
Showing or communicating meaning or feeling effectively
An expressive glance.
Expressible
To convey or suggest a representation of; depict
The painting expresses the rage of war victims.
Expressive
Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
Expressive dancing
Expressible
To represent by a sign, symbol, number, or formula
Express a fraction as a decimal.
Expressive
(linguistics) Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain attitude toward or information about the referent.
Expressible
To squeeze or press out, as juice from an orange.
Expressive
A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct morphosyntactic properties, with semantic symbolism (for example, an onomatopoeia), variously considered either a synonym, a hypernym or a hyponym of ideophone.
Expressible
To send by special messenger or rapid transport
Express a package to Los Angeles.
Expressive
Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; - followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.
Each verse so swells expressive of her woes.
Expressible
To synthesize (a product, especially a protein) encoded by a gene
A gene that expresses an enzyme.
Expressive
Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.
You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them.
Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke.
Expressible
To manifest the effects of (a gene)
Half of the people who inherit the gene express it.
Expressive
Characterized by expression;
A very expressive face
Expressible
To manifest (a genetic trait)
All the mice in the study expressed the defect.
Expressible
Definitely and explicitly stated
Their express wish.
Expressible
Particular; specific
An express plan.
Expressible
Rapid and having few or no stops or interruptions
Express delivery of packages.
An express bus.
Expressible
Of, relating to, or appropriate for rapid travel
Express lanes on a freeway.
Expressible
Designed for use in an express rifle
An express bullet.
Expressible
By express delivery or transport.
Expressible
A rapid, efficient system for the delivery of goods and mail.
Expressible
Goods and mail conveyed by such a system.
Expressible
A means of transport, such as a train, that travels rapidly and makes few or no stops before its destination.
Expressible
A special messenger.
Expressible
A message delivered by special courier.
Expressible
Able to be expressed.
Expressible
Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered.
Expressible
Capable of being expressed;
An expressible emotion
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