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Inestimable vs Incalculable - What's the difference?

inestimable | incalculable | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between inestimable and incalculable

is that inestimable is not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude while incalculable is very great or numerous.

inestimable

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(-)
  • Not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.
    • The spacecraft explored the solar system and continued into the inestimable space beyond.

    References

    * “ inestimable, a. ''(''n. )]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----

    incalculable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Very great or numerous.
    • The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable .
  • (not comparable, mathematics) Impossible to calculate.
  • (comparable) Of a person's mood or character, etc.: Impossible to predict.
    • He is incalculable when he's drunk. He can turn from an amiable person into a violent horror in a moment.

    Related terms

    * incalculability * incalculably

    Synonyms

    * (very great or numerous) huge * capricious, fickle

    Antonyms

    * (very great or numerous) tiny * (impossible to calculate) calculable