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Illimitable vs Eternal - What's the difference?

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Illimitable is a related term of eternal.


As adjectives the difference between illimitable and eternal

is that illimitable is impervious to limitation, without limit while eternal is lasting forever; unending.

illimitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Impervious to limitation, without limit.
  • * 1909 , Jack London,
    • What a tremendous affair it was, the world of Homer, with its indeterminate boundaries, vast regions, and immeasurable distances. The Mediterranean and the Euxine were illimitable stretches of ocean waste over which years could be spent in endless wandering.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * infinite * limitless * unlimited

    Antonyms

    * limitable

    Derived terms

    * illimitability * illimitably

    See also

    * inimitable

    eternal

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (chiefly archaic) * (obsolete) * eternall (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lasting forever; unending.
  • * John Locke
    • to know whether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal
  • * Dryden
    • Fires eternal in thy temple shine.
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  • (philosophy) existing outside time; as opposed to sempiternal, existing within time but everlastingly
  • (dated) Exceedingly great or bad; used as an intensifier.
    • some eternal villain

    Synonyms

    * permanent, sempiternal, endless, everlasting * (existing outside time) timeless, atemporal

    Antonyms

    * ephemeral * sempiternal

    Derived terms

    * eternal life * eternal recurrence * eternal return * eternal triangle * hope springs eternal

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -al ----