Open and Visible

Open

Open adjective - Open and observable; not secret or hidden.
Usage example: open ballots

Visible is a synonym for open in clear topic. In some cases you can use "Visible" instead an adjective "Open", when it comes to topics like obvious, overt, apparent, perceptible.

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

Visible

Visible adjective - Obvious to the eye.
Usage example: a visible change of expression

Open is a synonym for visible in apparent topic. You can use "Open" instead an adjective "Visible", if it concerns topics such as perceptible, visual.

Nearby Words: vision, visibly, visibility

Both words in one sentence

  • The X-Files, "Little Green Men": When Agent Scully needs to open a password-protected file on Mulder's computer, her guesses are visible to viewers.
  • Dies Wide Open In Western animation, death is rare, visible dead bodies even rarer, and open-eyed corpses unheard of.
  • Bloodless Carnage: Pink frees Athena from Zeus' forehead by cutting it open with a trident, yet no signs of blood are visible.
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