different between tangible vs explicit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tangible, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangere (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?tæn(d)??b(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?tænd??b?l/
• Rhymes: -ænd??b?l
• Hyphenation: tan?gi?ble

Adjective

tangible (comparative more tangible, superlative most tangible)

1. Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch

   Synonym: palpable

2. Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
3. Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.

Synonyms

• (touchable): See also Thesaurus:tactile
• (possible to be treated as fact): Thesaurus:substantial
• (comprehensible by the mind): See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Antonyms

• intangible

Translations

Noun

tangible (plural tangibles)

1. A physical object, something that can be touched.
2. Real or concrete results.

   Yes, but what are the tangibles?

See also

• real
• palpable
• touch

Anagrams

• belating, bleating

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

Adjective

tangible (masculine and feminine plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Antonyms

• intangible

Derived terms

• tangibilitat
• tangiblement

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.?ibl/

Adjective

tangible (plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Derived terms

• tangiblement

Related terms

• intangible
• tangibilité

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

Adjective

tangible (plural tangibles)

1. tangible

   Antonym: intangible

English

Etymology

First attested 1609, from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled", "easy”), an alternative form of the past participle of explic?re (“to unfold”), from ex- (“out”) + plic? (“to fold”). Pornographic sense is from 1971.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?spl?s?t/ enPR: ?k-spl?s??t
• Rhymes: -?s?t

Adjective

explicit (comparative more explicit, superlative most explicit)

1. Very specific, clear, or detailed.

   I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.

2. (euphemistic) Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic.

   The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.

Synonyms

• (very specific, clear): express, manifest, overt; see also Thesaurus:explicit
• (containing offensive material): raunchy

Antonyms

• (very specific, clear): implicit, unexplicit, vague
• (containing offensive material): circumspect

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Phrase

explicit

1. (obsolete) Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.

Further reading

• explicit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• explicit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Alternative forms

• (proscribed) excipit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicit (“to unfold”).

Noun

explicit m (plural explicits)

1. end (of a story)

Antonyms

• incipit

References

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicit.

Noun

explicit m (oblique plural expliciz or explicitz, nominative singular expliciz or explicitz, nominative plural explicit)

1. end (of a story)

Synonyms

• finit

Romanian

Etymology

From French explicite, from Latin explicitus.

Adjective

explicit m or n (feminine singular explicit?, masculine plural explici?i, feminine and neuter plural explicite)

1. explicit

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

explicit

1. explicit

Adverb

explicit

1. explicitly