Disappeared vs Invisible - What's the difference?
disappeared | invisible |
(often of a political dissident) Caused to disappear.
(disappear)
* 1948 , , North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States , J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,
Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
* (John Milton)
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Not appearing on the surface.
(Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.
(psychology) That is ignored by a person.
As adjectives the difference between disappeared and invisible
is that disappeared is (often of a political dissident) caused to disappear while invisible is unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.As a verb disappeared
is (disappear).disappeared
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Adjective
(-)Verb
(head)- In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.
invisible
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Adjective
(-)- To us invisible , or dimly seen / In these thy lowest works.
William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible ” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
- The teeth on an invisible zip are different from those on a conventional zip, as they are turned onto the inside so that they do not show, giving the impression of being concealed in the seam, as seen below.