Difference between Compressed and Compressible

What is the difference between Compressed and Compressible?

Compressed as an adjective is pressed tightly together while Compressible as an adjective is able to be compressed

Compressed

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: pressed tightly together flattened, especially when along its entire length

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.

Compressible

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: able to be compressedContaining a circle that does not serve as the boundary of a disk that lies in the surface, but does serve as boundary of a disk that lies in the ambient manifold.

We hope you now know whether to use Compressed or Compressible in your sentence.

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