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Incurable vs Incurability - What's the difference?

incurable | incurability |

As nouns the difference between incurable and incurability

is that incurable is one who cannot be cured while incurability is the quality or state of being incurable—not being able to be cured.

As an adjective incurable

is of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.

incurable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.
  • * Sir J. Stephen
  • They were labouring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance.

    Derived terms

    * incurable romantic

    Synonyms

    * uncurable

    Antonyms

    * curable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who cannot be cured.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    incurability

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality or state of being incurable—not being able to be cured.
  • Synonyms

    * incurableness