Inscrutable vs Clandestine - What's the difference?
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Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.
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Done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.
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(freemasonry, of a person or lodge) Not recognized as a regular member.
Inscrutable is a related term of clandestine.
As adjectives the difference between inscrutable and clandestine
is that inscrutable is difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret while clandestine is done or kept in secret, sometimes to conceal an illicit or improper purpose.As a noun inscrutable
is one who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc that cannot be comprehended.inscrutable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
- She called my vanity license plate inscrutable ! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious!
Synonyms
* (difficult to comprehend) ineffableDerived terms
* inscrutability * inscrutableness * inscrutablySee also
* inexplorableclandestine
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In my imagination, all work place encounters between men and women result in clandestine sex.
- And I don't want anyone to think I dislike Catholicism because I don't. It's actually my favourite form of clandestine global evil.