Incoherent vs Incompatible - What's the difference?
incoherent | incompatible |
Lacking coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; not logically connected.
Not physically coherent; loose; unconnected.
Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.
(chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
(medicine, chemistry, chiefly, in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
As adjectives the difference between incoherent and incompatible
is that incoherent is lacking coherence or agreement; incongruous; inconsistent; not logically connected while incompatible is of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.As a noun incompatible is
an incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.incoherent
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- The same rambling, incoherent manner. — Bishop Warburton.
- (Woodward)
Antonyms
* coherentincompatible
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Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* compatibleDerived terms
* incompatibly * incompatibilitySee also
* incombinable * uncombinable * ununifiable * antagonistic * antipodal * contrastiveNoun
(en noun)- the incompatibles of iron
