Difference between Compressible and Compressed

What is the difference between Compressible and Compressed?

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

Compressible

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: able to be compressed Containing 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.

Compressed

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: pressed tightly togetherflattened, 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.

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

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