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Disbelief vs Unbelievable - What's the difference?

disbelief | unbelievable |

As a noun disbelief

is unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.

As an adjective unbelievable is

not to be believed.

disbelief

English

Noun

  • Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.
    • She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City.
  • Astonishment.
    • I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.
  • The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief.
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    • Synonyms

    * incredulity

    Related terms

    * * * disbelieve

    References

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    unbelievable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not to be believed.
  • Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.
    • The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!
    This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!
  • Implausible or improbable.
    • His excuse seems rather unbelievable .

    Synonyms

    * (incredible ): incredible * (implausible ): implausible, improbable, infeasible, unlikely

    Antonyms

    * (incredible ): believable * (implausible ): feasible, likely, plausible, probable