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Inalienable vs Irrevocable - What's the difference?

inalienable | irrevocable |

As an adjective inalienable

is inalienable.

As an adverb irrevocable is

irrevocable (not able to be revoked).

inalienable

English

(Inalienable possession) (way too much verbiage for a dictionary entry)

Adjective

(-)
  • Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.
    • inalienable right a right that cannot be given away
  • (grammar) Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts.

    • Usage notes

    While inalienable' and unalienable are today used interchangeably with '''''in alienable more common, the terms have historically sometimes been distinguished. “Unalienable” vs. “Inalienable”], [http://adask.wordpress.com/about/ Alfred Adask, Adask’s law, July 15, 2009, 3:56 PM

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * (incapable of being alienated) (l)

    References

    irrevocable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
  • * , As You Like It act 1, sc. 3:
    • Firm and irrevocable is my doom
    Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.
  • * 1848 , , Dombey and Son , ch. 61:
    • On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.
  • * 2005 April 28, , " Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably," New York Times (retrieved 27 April 2014):
    • Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably.