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Indomitable vs Stoic - What's the difference?

indomitable | stoic |

As adjectives the difference between indomitable and stoic

is that indomitable is incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished while stoic is (stoic).

As a noun stoic is

(stoic).

indomitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
  • * 1902 , , The Four Feathers , ch. 1:
  • Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham.
  • * 1910 , , A Shepherd's Life , ch. 7:
  • But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat.
  • * 2007 , , " 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, unvanquishable

    stoic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Stoic * Stoick (obsolete) * stoick (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (philosophy) Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of , who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
  • A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.
  • Adjective

    (Stoicism) (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
  • Not affected by pain or distress.
  • Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.
  • Synonyms

    * (not affected by pain or distress ) apathetic, impassive, stoical * (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress ) expressionless, impassive

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