2020-12-19
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด R – Readable & legible
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Readable = REE-duh-buhl’
ออกเสียง legible = ‘LEJ-uh-buhl’
Collins COBUILD English Usage
Readable -legible
1. 'readable'
If you say that a book or article is readable, you mean that it is interesting and not boring or difficult to understand.
He has written a most readable and entertaining autobiography.
2. 'legible'
If you can recognize the letters and words that a piece of writing consists of, you do not say that the writing is 'readable'. You say that it is legible.
The inscription is still perfectly legible.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Readable & legible
In the sense of “capable of being read,”
legible and readable are interchangeable:
“His handwriting was frail but legible (or readable).
Readable has additional meaning
of “interesting,” “pleasurable,” “fascinating”:
“This is the most readable novel I have come across in weeks.”
“Although our son’s letter from camp is legible, it is not especially readable.”
Corresponding names are legibility and readability.”
