What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Impervious vs Repellent - What's the difference?

impervious | repellent |

As adjectives the difference between impervious and repellent

is that impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by while repellent is tending or able to repel; driving back.

As a noun repellent is

someone who repels.

impervious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
  • Immune to damage or effect.

    • Antonyms

    * pervious

    Derived terms

    * imperviously * imperviousness

    repellent

    English

    (wikipedia repellent)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • tending or able to repel; driving back
  • repulsive, inspiring aversion
  • * '>citation
  • resistant or impervious to something

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone who repels
  • a substance used to repel insects
  • a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something