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Impervious vs Impassable - What's the difference?

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Impervious is a related term of impassable.


As adjectives the difference between impervious and impassable

is that impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by while impassable is incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.

impervious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
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  • Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
  • Immune to damage or effect.

    • Antonyms

    * pervious

    Derived terms

    * imperviously * imperviousness

    impassable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
  • (of an obstacle) Incapable of being overcome or surmounted.
  • (of currency) Not useable as legal tender.

    • Synonyms

    * unpassable

    See also

    * impassible ----