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Visible vs. Visual
Visible
/ˈvɪzəbəl/Examples:
Caroline saw me depart with visible reluctance.Below, the hard blue smoke of clouds was already visible...His countenance exhibited visible traces of this rude combat.
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Visual
/ˈvɪʒuəl/Examples:
'They must have got lucky and made a visual contact.'The artist created a visual masterpiece that stunned everyone.She has a keen eye for visual design and aesthetic detail.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Visible ends with ible and is more likely to describe something you can see without any help.
- Visual has an al suffix, often indicating it relates to the act of seeing or vision.
- Think of visible as being noticeable or exposed to view, like a visible stain.
- Visual, with its al ending, often pertains to qualities or processes involving sight, like visual effects in a movie.
- Remember, visible is about being seen, while visual is related to sight or things aiding in visual perception.
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