Difference between Porous and Permeable
What is the difference between Porous and Permeable?
Porous as an adjective is full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through. while Permeable as an adjective is a substance, substrate, membrane or material that absorbs or allows the passage of water.
Porous
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
(Of legislation): full of loopholes
Permeable
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: A substance, substrate, membrane or material that absorbs or allows the passage of water.
We hope you now know whether to use Porous or Permeable in your sentence.
