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Indelible vs Undeletable - What's the difference?

indelible | undeletable |

As adjectives the difference between indelible and undeletable

is that indelible is having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface while undeletable is that cannot be deleted; indelible.

indelible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface
  • This ink spot on the contract is indelible .
    This stain on my shirt is indelible .
  • incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten
  • That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.
  • * 2014 , (Ruzwana Bashir), " The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian , 29 August 2014:
  • During our investigation it became clear that for three decades many other women had suffered at the hands of our abuser, but they had refused to testify against him because of the indelible stigma it would bring.
  • incapable of being annulled
  • * Sprat
  • They are endued with indelible power from above.

    Synonyms

    * unerasable

    Antonyms

    * delible * (difficult to delete) uninsertable

    undeletable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (computing) That cannot be deleted; indelible.
  • (computing) That can be undeleted.