ethereal vs tangible

ethereal

adj
  • Pertaining to the (real or hypothetical) upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere. 

  • Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. 

  • To do with diethyl ether. 

  • Pertaining to the immaterial realm, as symbolically represented by, or (in earlier epochs) conflated with, such atmospheric and extra-atmospheric concepts. 

tangible

noun
  • A physical object; something that can be touched. 

  • Real or concrete results. 

adj
  • Able to be treated as fact; real or concrete. 

  • Comprehensible by the mind; understandable. 

  • Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch. 

  • Perceptible; able to be perceived. 

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