Expressible vs. Expressive

Expressibleadjective

Able to be expressed.

Expressibleadjective

Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered.

Expressibleadjective

capable of being expressed;

Expressiveadjective

Effectively conveying thought or feeling.

Expressivenoun

(linguistics) Any word or phrase that expresses (that the speaker, writer, or signer has) a certain attitude toward or information about the referent.

Expressivenoun

A word or phrase, belonging to a distinct word class or having distinct morphosyntactic properties, with semantic symbolism (for example, an onomatopoeia), variously considered either a synonym, a hypernym or a hyponym of ideophone.

Expressiveadjective

Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; - followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.

Expressiveadjective

Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.

Expressiveadjective

characterized by expression;