Difference between Obvious and Palpable

OBVIOUS vs PALPABLE: ADJECTIVE

Capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
Can be felt by palpation
Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible.
Capable of being felt by palpating.
Easily perceived; obvious: : perceptible.
Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch.
Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross
Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.
That can be detected by palpation.

Easily perceived and understood
In zoology, plainly distinguishable; quite apparent: as, an obvious mark; an obvious stria: opposed -to obscure or obsolete.
Easily discovered, seen, or understood; plain; manifest; evident; palpable.
Coming in the way; presenting itself as to be done.
Open; exposed to danger or accident.
Being or standing in the way; standing or placed in the front.

That may be felt; perceptible by the touch; manifest to sight or touch; hence, appearing as if it might be touched or felt.
Hence Plain; evident; obvious; easily perceived or detected: as, palpable lies; a palpable mistake.
(medicine) can be felt by palpation
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
So intense as to be almost touched or felt
Capable of being perceived
In medicine, perceptible by palpation.

Manifest, Demonstrable, Plain, Big, Perceptible, Egregious, Axiomatic, Palpable, Salient, Visible, Overt, Conspicuous, Glaring, Evident, Apparent

Remarkable, Clear, Notable, Distinct, Appreciable, Real, Vivid, Manifest, Visible, Apparent, Noticeable, Evident, Tangible, Obvious, Perceptible

Manifest, Demonstrable, Plain, Big, Perceptible, Egregious, Axiomatic, Palpable, Salient, Visible, Overt, Conspicuous, Glaring, Evident, Apparent

Remarkable, Clear, Notable, Distinct, Appreciable, Real, Vivid, Manifest, Visible, Apparent, Noticeable, Evident, Tangible, Obvious, Perceptible

Parks, for obvious reasons, were a mostimportant source.
The reason for its rapid adoption is obvious.
Nor, for that matter, is it always obvious.
In other words, obvious statements will be ineffective.
RPM are obvious because retail prices are observable, while defections from a wholesale price agreement are less obvious because wholesale prices are private information.
You have pointed out some of the obvious, and some of the not so obvious, problems inherent in dealing with the devil!
But what is obvious to one is NOT so obvious to another.
It would be confusing for listeners if obvious changes in input data do not correspond with obvious changes in sonification output.
Some of these things are obvious but still need to be listed, others are not so obvious, but essential nonetheless.
So it helps to have identified the more obvious and less obvious contrasting characteristics among the specimen before creating your dichotomous key.

Most scrotal pathology is palpable on physical examination.
SYN: Outer, exterior, apparent, manifest, superficial, visible, palpable.
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of palpable breast mass.
Eltern makes tangible a palpable sense of guilt.
Is ATLS wrong about palpable blood pressure estimates?
But in Laredo, the pique is particularly palpable.
Her distaste for the whole business is palpable.
Rangel conveys with palpable joy, pride, and love.
Boernstein, and his palpable charlatanism, I occasionally castigated.
Tumours should be assessed on digital rectal examination as palpable or not and if palpable, mobile or fixed.