Indomitable vs Indefatigable - What's the difference?
indomitable | indefatigable |
Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
* 1902 , , The Four Feathers , ch. 1:
* 1910 , , A Shepherd's Life , ch. 7:
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Extremely persistent and untiring.
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As adjectives the difference between indomitable and indefatigable
is that indomitable is incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished while indefatigable is extremely persistent and untiring.indomitable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham.
- But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat.
When Betty Got Frank," Time , 31 March:
- Nobody came on to the movie camera—wrapped it in a bear hug and wrestled it to submission—like Betty Hutton. They called this 40s singer-actress "the Blitzkrieg blond" . . . . [S]he was indomitable , unstoppable.
Synonyms
* impregnable, inexpugnable, insuperable, insurmountable, invincible, never-say-die, unbeatable, unconquerable, unsubduable, unsurmountable, unvanquishableindefatigable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- but he was at the same time an excellent scholar, and most indefatigable in teaching the two lads.
- All night long the Martians were hammering and stirring, sleepless, indefatigable , at work upon the machines they were making ready, and ever and again a puff of greenish-white smoke whirled up to the starlit sky.