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Inexorable vs Unavoidable - What's the difference?

inexorable | unavoidable |

As adjectives the difference between inexorable and unavoidable

is that inexorable is unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting while unavoidable is impossible to avoid; bound to happen.

As a noun unavoidable is

something that cannot be avoided.

inexorable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting.
  • Impossible to stop or prevent; inevitable.
  • Adamant; severe.

    • Antonyms

    * exorable

    Derived terms

    * inexorability * inexorableness * inexorably

    External links

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    unavoidable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.
  • (legal) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
    • (Blackstone)

    Usage notes

    * See usage notes at inevitable.

    Synonyms

    * (impossible to avoid) inescapable, inevitable

    Antonyms

    * (impossible to avoid) avoidable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that cannot be avoided.
  • * 1825 , The London magazine (volume 12, page 490)
    • Forty years before, I had thought this odour one of the necessities of life — one of the unavoidables at least