Whats the difference between intangible and incorporeal?

[Tonguez]

Other than spelling whats the difference between intangible and incorporeal?

Are things in these states also invisible?

 

[Archangel]

Intangible and incorporeal are very closely related and can often be used interchangeably. The biggest difference, the way I see it, is that incorporeal is used in regards to the physical state of the object (can I touch it or not); intangible is used in regards to the perceptibility of the object (can I perceive it - although it is most commonly associated with the perception of touch). So, a ghost is very tangible (in the game, silly - my character can perceive it and believe it, and perhaps be killed by it), but a ghost is also incorporeal (when it chooses to be, my character cannot touch it).

Hope that helps.

Oh yeah, I would say an intangible object is invisible (if it cannot be perceived by any method, then it cannot be seen), but an incorporeal object may be visible (the spectre floating through the room, or a hologram).

Also, the tangibility of an object is sometimes used to describe things that can or cannot be measured (a person's intangibles may include things such as his heart, courage, cunning, etc. that I cannot truly measure - "that kid has a lot of intangibles" - i.e. he shouldn't be able to do what he is doing and I can't explain it).

 

[SableWyvern]

I assume the question is not one of game mechanics, because intangible is not a d20 game term.

In a more general sense, Archangel pretty much has the right of it.

Literally, intangible means that something cannot be touched or felt. More figuratively, if something is intangible then it is difficult for the mind to grasp of comprehend.

Incorporpeal is, quite literally, not corporeal; that is, not consisting of physical material.

 

[Tonguez]

Intangible is a term usd in D20 Supers (sse the Shade in Asgard 6)- just to clarify

 

[Blacksad]

Pehaps you don't care, but I wanted to put my point of vue here too, and I prefer exemples:
an air elemental is intangible (most of the time)
a ghost is incorporeal (most of the time)

 

[Darraketh]

Intangible: Incapable of being perceived by the senses.
Can't see, touch, taste, hear or smell it.


Incorporeal: Lacking material form or substance.
Like a ghost ,you can see it but you pass right through it.