Definite vs Unmistakable - What's the difference?
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Having distinct limits.
* Whewell
Free from any doubt.
Determined; resolved.
(linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing.
unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
* 1895 , H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
Definite is a related term of unmistakable.
As adjectives the difference between definite and unmistakable
is that definite is having distinct limits while unmistakable is unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.As a noun definite
is (obsolete) anything that is defined or determined.definite
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- definite''' dimensions; a '''definite''' measure; a '''definite period or interval
- Elements combine in definite proportions.
- definite knowledge
- (Shakespeare)
- the definite article
Antonyms
* indefiniteunmistakable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable .