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Immeasurable vs Incomparable - What's the difference?

immeasurable | incomparable |

As adjectives the difference between immeasurable and incomparable

is that immeasurable is impossible to measure while incomparable is so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.

As a noun immeasurable

is anything that cannot be measured.

immeasurable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • impossible to measure
  • vast
  • * 2007 , Terence Hunt, 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 * unmeasurable

    Antonyms

    * measurable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that cannot be measured.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 29, author=Madeleine Bunting, title=Forget 'clients' and 'users' – public services are about people, work=Guardian citation
    • , passage=And inspiring good relationships is all about immeasurables : it is about inspiring purpose, compassion and attentiveness. }}

    incomparable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
  • * , De Profundis , (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
    • I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
  • (rare) Not able to be compared.

    • Usage notes

    * Using (more)'' or ''(most)'' with ''incomparable , though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread. * Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable'' is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as ''(so)'' and ''(very) .

    Derived terms

    * incomparability

    Related terms

    * comparable * uncomparable