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Inestimable vs Quantifiable - What's the difference?

inestimable | quantifiable |

As adjectives the difference between inestimable and quantifiable

is that inestimable is not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude while quantifiable is capable of being quantified.

As a noun quantifiable is

something that can be quantified; a measurable.

inestimable

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(-)
  • Not able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.
    • The spacecraft explored the solar system and continued into the inestimable space beyond.

    References

    * “ inestimable, a. ''(''n. )]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989 ----

    quantifiable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being quantified.
  • *1956 , D. J. Liston, "The Statistician and Business Research," The Incorporated Statistician , vol. 7, no. 2, p. 67,
  • *:If the human factor in production is reduced through automation, the process becomes more quantifiable .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that can be quantified; a measurable.