Intolerable vs Endurable - What's the difference?
intolerable | endurable |
Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable.
Extremely offensive or insulting.
* 1971 , William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead , page 4
Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable.
Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable.
As adjectives the difference between intolerable and endurable
is that intolerable is intolerable while endurable is able to be endured; tolerable; bearable.intolerable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating.