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Inscrutable vs Hidden - What's the difference?

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Inscrutable is a related term of hidden.


As adjectives the difference between inscrutable and hidden

is that inscrutable is difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret while hidden is that has been moved out of sight invisible or unapparent.

As a noun inscrutable

is one who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc that cannot be comprehended.

As a verb hidden is

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inscrutable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.
    • His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
  • * 2007 , Tracy Jordan'' (Tracy Morgan), ''30 Rock :
    • She called my vanity license plate inscrutable ! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious!

    Synonyms

    * (difficult to comprehend) ineffable

    Derived terms

    * inscrutability * inscrutableness * inscrutably

    See also

    * inexplorable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.

    • hidden

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has been moved out of sight. Invisible or unapparent.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1892, author=(James Yoxall)
    • , section=chapter 7, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood.}}
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
  • Obscure.
  • That has been hidden.

    • Synonyms

    * See

    Antonyms

    * See