Meanings
alternative case-sensitive
- not comparablecomputerDistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters. Often used in computer science to indicate a distinction is made in comparison or equality of letters based on case. For example, a case-sensitive password will not recognize "Password" and "password" as the same, but a case insensitive comparison would.
Synonyms: case dependent · Antonyms: case insensitive
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters. Often used in computer science to indicate a distinction is made in comparison or equality of letters based on case. For example, a case-sensitive password will not recognize "Password" and "password" as the same, but a case insensitive comparison would.
Translations
Czech závisející na velikosti písmen
- závisející na velikosti písmendistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Dutch hoofdlettergevoelig
- hoofdlettergevoeligdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Esperanto usklecodistinga
- usklecodistingadistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Estonian tõstutundlik
- tõstutundlikdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Finnish aakkoskoosta riippuvainen, kirjainkoosta riippuvainen
- aakkoskoosta riippuvainendistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
- kirjainkoosta riippuvainendistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
- merkkikokoriippuvainendistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
French sensible à la casse
- sensible à la cassedistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
German but see unterscheidet/beachtet Groß- und Kleinschreibung
- but see unterscheidet/beachtet Groß- und Kleinschreibungdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Hebrew מותנה רישיות
- מותנה רישיותdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Hungarian nagybetűérzékeny, kisbetű-nagybetű érzékeny
- nagybetűérzékenydistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
- kisbetű-nagybetű érzékenydistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
- kis-nagy betűre érzékenydistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
- (periphrasis) kis- és nagybetűk különböznek/eltérnek bennedistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Polish rozróżniający wielkość liter
- rozróżniający wielkość literdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Portuguese sensível à caixa das letras, sensível a maiúsculas
- sensível à caixa das letrasdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
- sensível a maiúsculasdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
- sensível a minúsculasdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
- sensível a maiúsculas e minúsculasdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Russian регистрозави́симый
- регистрозави́симый (registrozavísimyj)distinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Spanish sensible a las mayúsculas
- sensible a las mayúsculasdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Swedish skiftlägeskänslig, versalkänslig
- skiftlägeskänsligdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
- versalkänsligdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Turkish büyük ve küçük harfe duyarlı
- büyük ve küçük harfe duyarlıdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Vietnamese phân biệt chữ hoa/chữ thường
- phân biệt chữ hoa/chữ thườngdistinguishing upper- and lower-case letters
Cite this entry
case sensitive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/case%20sensitive
“case sensitive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/case%20sensitive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “case sensitive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/case%20sensitive.
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