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Indecipherable vs Elusive - What's the difference?

indecipherable | elusive | Related terms |

Indecipherable is a related term of elusive.


As adjectives the difference between indecipherable and elusive

is that indecipherable is not decipherable; impossible to decode, read, understand or comprehend while elusive is .

indecipherable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not decipherable; impossible to decode, read, understand or comprehend.
    • The doctor's handwriting was indecipherable .

    Synonyms

    * undecipherable

    Antonyms

    * decipherable

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    elusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
    • The elusive criminal was arrested
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1910 , author=Jack London , title=Lost Face , chapter=6 citation , passage=Charley chased the elusive idea through all the nooks and crannies of his drowning consciousness.}}
  • Rarely seen.
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  • Difficult to describe.
    • A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)

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