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- Plausible vs. possible - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Plausible is referred to an explanation, an argument, or a statement, while possible is referred to a fact, or an event For example, my explanation on how in future time traveling will be possible could be plausible, but that doesn't mean traveling through time will be possible
- meaning - Difference between possible, probable, plausible - English . . .
Plausible plausible (adj ) 1540s, "acceptable, agreeable," from Latin plausibilis "deserving applause, acceptable," from plaus-, past participle stem of plaudere "to applaud" (see plaudit) Meaning "having the appearance of truth" is recorded from 1560s Related: Plausibly
- What is the difference between impossible and implausible?
Possible Duplicate: “Plausible” vs “possible” My English-Russian dictionary translates "impossible" and "implausible" absolutely the same But there must be a difference Could you explain, pl
- single word requests - Noun to describe an idea that sounds plausible . . .
This is getting closer, since at least 'knee-jerk response' is a noun The problem with knee-jerk response is that it implies that the idea was jumped to quickly, whereas sometimes plausible but incorrect ideas are a product purely due to lack of thought, rather than a lack of time to think
- What is a word to describe ones thoughts that sound logical and . . .
fallacy - "an often plausible argument using false or invalid inference " e g "The fallacy of their ideas about medicine soon became apparent " "The once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math " A fallacy is reasoning that comes to a conclusion without the evidence to support it
- meaning - Proper use of any plausible - English Language Usage . . .
So in your example, it would sound idiomatic to say Let's see if it's any more plausible [when we change this variable], but without that comparative element it sounds wrong to my (native AmE speaker) ear The OED does offer one other adverbial definition: U S colloq and Brit regional In negative, interrogative, and conditional contexts
- antonyms - Is there a one-word opposite of implausible? - English . . .
plausible: "I can imagine that there could be a case in which this could be true " (im)plausible is based upon belief and opinion, whereas (im)probable is based upon statistical fact The level of plausibility is based strictly upon the depth of knowledge on the subject , gullibility , and or faith of person providing the opinion
- science - Is there a word to describe a plausible but incorrect . . .
Plausible but incorrect is distorted by illusional and by most of the other answers in this link, as there is no implication here of an attempt to deceive or be tricky, just an explanation that seems reasonable but is, or can be shown to be, incorrect I don’t know a one-word synonym for this
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