Legibility vs. Clarity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Legibility and Clarity
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Legibility
Legibility is the ease with which a reader can decode symbols. In addition to written language, it can also refer to behaviour or architecture, for example.
Clarity
The quality of being coherent and intelligible
For the sake of clarity, each of these strategies is dealt with separately
Legibility
Possible to read or decipher
Legible handwriting.
Clarity
The quality of transparency or purity
The crystal clarity of water
Legibility
Plainly discernible; apparent
A legible weakness in disposition.
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Clarity
Clearness of appearance
The clarity of the mountain air.
Legibility
The property of being legible or easily readable.
The legibility of this text is questionable: half the people asked said it was almost illegible, but the other half said it was easy to read.
Clarity
Clearness of thought or style; lucidity
Writes with clarity and perception.
Legibility
The quality of being legible; legibleness.
Clarity
The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
She dreamed with great clarity.
The brilliant clarity of his argument could not be faulted.
Legibility
Distinctness that makes perception easy
Clarity
The ability to be easily understood.
Lack of clarity on the part of the teacher will cause confusion among the students.
Legibility
Writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read
Clarity
Clearness; brightness; splendor.
Floods, in whose more than crystal clarity,Innumerable virgin graces row.
Clarity
Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
Clarity
The quality of clear water;
When she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes
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