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Incomprehensible vs Enigmatic - What's the difference?

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Incomprehensible is a related term of enigmatic.


As adjectives the difference between incomprehensible and enigmatic

is that incomprehensible is incomprehensible while enigmatic is enigmatic.

incomprehensible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Impossible or very difficult to understand.
  • * Greg Bear, Heads , 1990
    • He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'
  • * Mark Twain, Letters From The Earth , 1938
    • But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.

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    enigmatic

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    Alternative forms

    * (archaic) * (obsolete) * enigmatick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to an enigma.
  • Mysterious.
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  • *:Serene, smiling, enigmatic , she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.
  • Defying description.
  • (variant) Enigmatical.