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Incompatible vs Incompatibilism - What's the difference?

incompatible | incompatibilism |

As nouns the difference between incompatible and incompatibilism

is that incompatible is (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 while incompatibilism is (philosophy) the doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.

As an adjective incompatible

is of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; irreconcilable; disagreeing.

incompatible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.

    • Antonyms

    * compatible

    Derived terms

    * incompatibly * incompatibility

    See also

    * incombinable * uncombinable * ununifiable * antagonistic * antipodal * contrastive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
    • the incompatibles of iron
    ----

    incompatibilism

    English

    (wikipedia incompatibilism)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (philosophy) The doctrine that free will and determinism are incompatible, that one necessarily precludes the other.

    • Antonyms

    * compatibilism