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Innumerable vs Immeasurable - What's the difference?

innumerable | immeasurable |

As adjectives the difference between innumerable and immeasurable

is that innumerable is not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number while immeasurable is impossible to measure.

As a noun immeasurable is

anything that cannot be measured.

innumerable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
  • * (Mark Twain), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
    • Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash.

    Synonyms

    * countless * numberless * unnumbered

    immeasurable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • impossible to measure
  • vast
  • * 2007 , Terence Hunt, Longest-serving Bush aide resigns , Associated Press
    • "His contribution has been immeasurable ," Bush said in a statement. "I value his judgment, and I treasure his friendship."

    Usage notes

    Also used tautologically as a spin word to avoid stating explicitly whether someone or something had a positive or negative effect. It is a neutral term equivalent to neither priceless'' nor ''worthless .

    Synonyms

    * immensurable * unmeasurable

    Antonyms

    * measurable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that cannot be measured.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 29, author=Madeleine Bunting, title=Forget 'clients' and 'users' – public services are about people, work=Guardian citation
    • , passage=And inspiring good relationships is all about immeasurables : it is about inspiring purpose, compassion and attentiveness. }}