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Incomprehensible vs Unbelievable - What's the difference?

incomprehensible | unbelievable |

As adjectives the difference between incomprehensible and unbelievable

is that incomprehensible is impossible or very difficult to understand while unbelievable is not to be believed.

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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    unbelievable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not to be believed.
  • Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.
    • The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!
    This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!
  • Implausible or improbable.
    • His excuse seems rather unbelievable .

    Synonyms

    * (incredible ): incredible * (implausible ): implausible, improbable, infeasible, unlikely

    Antonyms

    * (incredible ): believable * (implausible ): feasible, likely, plausible, probable