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Elusive vs Inexplicable - What's the difference?

elusive | inexplicable |

As adjectives the difference between elusive and inexplicable

is that elusive is while inexplicable is impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

elusive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
  • The elusive criminal was arrested
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1910 , author=Jack London , title=Lost Face , chapter=6 citation , passage=Charley chased the elusive idea through all the nooks and crannies of his drowning consciousness.}}
  • Rarely seen.
  • *
  • Difficult to describe.
  • A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)

    inexplicable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.
  • Derived terms

    * inexplicability * inexplicableness * inexplicably

    Synonyms

    * unexplainable

    Antonyms

    * explainable * explicable