Unmatched vs Incomparable - What's the difference?

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Incomparable is a synonym of unmatched.

As adjectives the difference between unmatched and incomparable

is that unmatched is not matched; odd while incomparable is so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.

As a verb unmatched

is past tense of unmatch.

unmatched

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

(of a pair of things) not matched; odd

(of a single thing) not matched with anything else

peerless; unrivalled; beyond comparison

Verb

(head)

(unmatch)

incomparable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.

* , De Profundis , (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:

I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

(rare) Not able to be compared.

Usage notes

* Using (more)'' or ''(most)'' with ''incomparable , though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread. * Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable'' is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as ''(so)'' and ''(very) .

Derived terms

* incomparability