Immeasurable vs Illimitable - What's the difference?
immeasurable | illimitable | Related terms |
impossible to measure
vast
* 2007 , Terence Hunt,
Anything that cannot be measured.
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Impervious to limitation, without limit.
* 1909 , Jack London,
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Immeasurable is a related term of illimitable.
As adjectives the difference between immeasurable and illimitable
is that immeasurable is impossible to measure while illimitable is impervious to limitation, without limit.As a noun immeasurable
is anything that cannot be measured.immeasurable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Longest-serving Bush aide resigns, Associated Press
- "His contribution has been immeasurable ," Bush said in a statement. "I value his judgment, and I treasure his friendship."
Usage notes
Also used tautologically as a spin word to avoid stating explicitly whether someone or something had a positive or negative effect. It is a neutral term equivalent to neither priceless'' nor ''worthless .Synonyms
* immensurable * unmeasurableAntonyms
* measurableNoun
(en noun)citation
illimitable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
