Impossible vs Impassable - What's the difference?
impossible | impassable |
Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
* 1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
* 13 March 1962 ,
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (colloquial, of a person) Very difficult to deal with.
(math, dated) imaginary
an impossibility
* Late 14th century': “Madame,” quod he, “this were an '''impossible !” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, ''Canterbury Tales
Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
(of an obstacle) Incapable of being overcome or surmounted.
(of currency) Not useable as legal tender.
As adjectives the difference between impossible and impassable
is that impossible is not possible; not able to be done or happen while impassable is incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.As a noun impossible
is {{cx|obsolete|lang=en}} an impossibility.impossible
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Alternative forms
* inpossible (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Nothing is impossible , only impassible.
- Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible , there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}
- impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers