different between discernible vs unmistakable

English

Etymology

From Middle French discernable; spelling changed from -a- to -i- in the 17th century to conform to Latin discernibilis. Synchronically analyzable as discern +? -ible.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??s?n?bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??s??n?bl?/
• Hyphenation: dis?cern?ible

Adjective

discernible (comparative more discernible, superlative most discernible)

1. Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.
   • So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

Synonyms

• See discoverable

Derived terms

• discernibleness
• discernibly
• indiscernible

Related terms

• discernment

Translations

Anagrams

• rescindible

Spanish

Adjective

discernible (plural discernibles)

1. discernible

English

Alternative forms

• unmistakeable

Etymology

un- +? mistake +? -able

Pronunciation

Adjective

unmistakable (comparative more unmistakable, superlative most unmistakable)

1. Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.

   Antonym: mistakable

   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X

     Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.

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