Callous vs Impervious - What's the difference?
callous | impervious |
Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
Having calluses.
Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
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Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Immune to damage or effect.
As adjectives the difference between callous and impervious
is that callous is emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others while impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by.callous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.