different between tangible vs interchangeable

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

interchange +? -able

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nt??t?e?nd??bl?/, [?????t?e?nd??bl?]

Adjective

interchangeable (not comparable)

1. Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.

   Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.

   • 2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:

     The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England.

   Synonym: equivalent

2. Following each other in alternate succession; alternating.

Derived terms

• interchangeability
• interchangeably

Translations

Noun

interchangeable (plural interchangeables)

1. Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute.

French

Etymology

From interchanger +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??.???.?abl/

Adjective

interchangeable (plural interchangeables)

1. interchangeable, substitutable

Further reading

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