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Inexpugnable vs Indomitable - What's the difference?

inexpugnable | indomitable | Synonyms |

Inexpugnable is a synonym of indomitable.


As adjectives the difference between inexpugnable and indomitable

is that inexpugnable is impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable while indomitable is incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

inexpugnable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1840, author=Thomas Carlyle, title=Heroes and Hero Worship, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1911, author=H. G. Wells, title=The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1915, author=Joseph Conrad, title=Victory, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."}}

    Derived terms

    * inexpugnability * inexpugnably

    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