different between explicable vs empirical

English

Etymology

From Latin explicabilis, from explic? (“unfold, explain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?spl?k?b?l/

Adjective

explicable

1. Able to be explained.

Synonyms

• (able to be explained): explainable, explicatable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Antonyms

• inexplicable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin explic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ks.pli?ka.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /eks.pli?ka.ble/

Adjective

explicable (masculine and feminine plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Further reading

• “explicable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “explicable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “explicable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “explicable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin explic?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.spli.kabl/

Adjective

explicable (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• expliquer

Further reading

• “explicable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• explicábel

Etymology

From Latin explic?bilis.

Adjective

explicable m or f (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• explicar

Further reading

• “explicable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin explic?bilis.

Adjective

explicable (plural explicables)

1. explicable, explainable

   Antonym: inexplicable

Related terms

• explicar

Further reading

• “explicable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From empiric +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p???k?l/

Adjective

empirical (comparative more empirical, superlative most empirical)

1. Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation).

   Antonym: theoretical

   • H. Spencer

     The village carpenter […] lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship.

2. Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
3. (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

   Antonyms: anecdotal, theoretical

Synonyms

• empiric

Antonyms

• nonempirical

Coordinate terms

• conceptual
• theoretical
• anecdotal

Derived terms

Related terms

• empiricism
• empiricist

Translations

See also

• empirical evidence
• anecdotal evidence
• trial and error
• empyrical

Further reading

• empirical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• empirical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• empirical at OneLook Dictionary Search
• "empirical" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 115.