Difference between Clear and Decipherable

What is the difference between Clear and Decipherable?

Clear as an adjective is completely transparent in colour while Decipherable as an adjective is describing something that can be deciphered, understood or comprehended.

Clear

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Completely transparent in colour Bright, not dark or obscured. Free of obstacles. Without clouds. Free of ambiguity or doubt. Free of guilt, or suspicion. The sky is said to be clear, when less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds. Without a thickening ingredient.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: All the way; entirely. Not near something or touching it.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To remove obstructions or impediments. To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up. To remove from suspicion; especially of having committed a crime To pass without interference; to miss. To become clear. Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred. To earn a profit of; to net. To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.

Example sentence: There's no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.

Decipherable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Describing something that can be deciphered, understood or comprehended.

We hope you now know whether to use Clear or Decipherable in your sentence.

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