Apparent
Apparent adjective - Appearing to be true on the basis of evidence that may or may not be confirmed.
Usage example: at the start of the investigation, the apparent cause of the plane crash was mechanical failure
Plausible and apparent are semantically related. in seeming topic. In some cases you can use "Plausible" instead an adjective "Apparent".
Nearby Word: apparently
Plausible
Plausible adjective - Worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable.
Apparent and plausible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apparent" instead an adjective "Plausible".
Nearby Words: plausibly, plausibility
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- seeming and apparent
- seeming and plausible
- likely and apparent
- likely and plausible
- deceptive and apparent
- deceptive and plausible
- understandable and apparent
- understandable and plausible
- probable and apparent
- probable and plausible
- possible and apparent
- possible and plausible
- misleading and apparent
- misleading and plausible
Both words in one sentence
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Comic-Book Time: Most apparent with Scrooge's history in the Klondike, which was perfectly plausible when Carl Barks introduced it in the comics but would've meant Scrooge was over a hundred by the time of DuckTales.
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