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intelligibility vs readability

readability vs intelligibility

intelligibility and readability both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
intelligibility Yes No No No
readability Yes No No No
As nouns, readability is a hyponym of intelligibility; that is, readability is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than intelligibility:
  • intelligibility: the quality of language that is comprehensible
  • readability: the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand
Other hyponyms of intelligibility include speech intelligibility.
intelligibility (noun) readability (noun)
the quality of language that is comprehensible the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand
a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read
Difference between intelligibility and readability

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