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Impregnable vs Inexpugnable - What's the difference?

impregnable | inexpugnable |

As adjectives the difference between impregnable and inexpugnable

is that impregnable is too strong to be penetrated or impregnable can be capable of being impregnated while inexpugnable is impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.

impregnable

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) imprenable, . Intrusive g added 16c on model of deign, reign.

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Too strong to be penetrated.
  • * South
    • The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and impregnable .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 2 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And with Bolton suffering a wretched run of five straight home defeats - their worst run in 109 years - Chelsea fans would have been forgiven for expecting a comfortable win.
    But surely they did not anticipate the ease with which their team raced into an almost impregnable half-time lead.}}

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being impregnated.
    • Following treatment, twenty percent of previously infertile females were impregnable .
    Application of the compound rendered the non-porous surface impregnable .

    References

    * Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1966).

    inexpugnable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1840, author=Thomas Carlyle, title=Heroes and Hero Worship, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1911, author=H. G. Wells, title=The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1915, author=Joseph Conrad, title=Victory, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."}}

    Derived terms

    * inexpugnability * inexpugnably