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Illogical vs Logical - What's the difference?

illogical | logical | Antonyms |

Logical is a antonym of illogical.



As adjectives the difference between illogical and logical

is that illogical is contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning while logical is in agreement with the principles of logic.

illogical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning.
    • She gave me an illogical reply and left me standing there feeling confused.

    Derived terms

    * illogicality * illogically * illogicalness

    Synonyms

    * absurd * irrational * unreasoning * unsound

    Antonyms

    * logical

    See also

    * illogic

    logical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic.
  • Reasonable.
  • (not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.
  • (computing) Non-physical or conceptual yet underpinned by something physical or actual.
    • Logical memory appears contiguous to an application program, but may well be stored on several physical devices, including in RAM and on hard-disks, as determined by the operating system.
  • * 1986 , Noel Malcolm Morris, Computer graphics and CAD fundamentals: BBC Micro version
    • It is, of course, vital to restore the logical colours to their normal value at the end of the program

    Antonyms

    * illogical

    Derived terms

    * logically * logical analysis * logical atomism * logical positivism * logical empiricism

    Related terms

    * rational * biological, neurological, physiological, etc. (use of the suffix -ical as opposed to just -ic)