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Diana Kravchenko
What is the difference between the words "evident" and "apparent"?
Jul 11, 2020 12:57 PM
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There are probably small differences in meaning, but they basically express the same idea.
You can use them almost interchangeably.
"Apparent" is probably more common, but speaking as an American, I experience both words as the same.
July 11, 2020
Thank you
July 11, 2020
Don't worry about the difference because there is not much.
July 11, 2020
If you like to tie words together, I'd say to think of it like this. Evident means that we have evidence that this is true. We know it to be real, or we at least have facts that show that we feel certain something is going to happen. Whereas apparent can be tied to apparently. Meaning more like "It seems, it appears." More emotion based than fact based.
July 11, 2020
The difference between them as adjectives is that evident is obviously true by simple observation while apparent is capable of being seen, or easily seen.
July 11, 2020
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