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Hardhearted vs Impervious - What's the difference?

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Hardhearted is a related term of impervious.


As adjectives the difference between hardhearted and impervious

is that hardhearted is lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless while impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by.

hardhearted

English

Alternative forms

* hard-hearted

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless.

    • Antonyms

    * softhearted

    References

    * * * * " hardhearted" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)

    impervious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.

    • Antonyms

    * pervious

    Derived terms

    * imperviously * imperviousness