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Innumerable vs Incalculable - What's the difference?

innumerable | incalculable |

As adjectives the difference between innumerable and incalculable

is that innumerable is not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number while incalculable is very great or numerous.

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

    incalculable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Very great or numerous.
    • The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable .
  • (not comparable, mathematics) Impossible to calculate.
  • (comparable) Of a person's mood or character, etc.: Impossible to predict.
    • He is incalculable when he's drunk. He can turn from an amiable person into a violent horror in a moment.

    Related terms

    * incalculability * incalculably

    Synonyms

    * (very great or numerous) huge * capricious, fickle

    Antonyms

    * (very great or numerous) tiny * (impossible to calculate) calculable