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Inert vs Insensible - What's the difference?

inert | insensible | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between inert and insensible

is that inert is unable to move or act; inanimate while insensible is unable to be perceived by the senses.

As a noun inert

is a substance that does not react chemically.

inert

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unable to move or act; inanimate.
  • Sluggish or lethargic.
  • In chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.
  • Having no therapeutic action.

    • Derived terms

    * inert gas * inertly

    See also

    * inertia

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A substance that does not react chemically.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * * ----

    insensible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unable to be perceived by the senses.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.
  • * Dryden
    • They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.
  • Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible , gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck?; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”}}
  • Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
  • Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed.
  • Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
  • * Dryden
    • Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 138
    • In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection...
  • Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.

    • Derived terms

    * insensibility * insensibly

    Synonyms

    * (incapable of emotional feeling) insensitive

    Antonyms

    * sensible