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Intolerance vs Intolerable - What's the difference?

intolerance | intolerable |

As a noun intolerance

is the state of being intolerant.

As an adjective intolerable is

not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable.

intolerance

English

Noun

(wikipedia intolerance)
  • (uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • (countable) An intolerant word or action.
  • (countable, medicine) Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; allergy.

    • Hyponyms

    * (medicine) food intolerance

    Antonyms

    * tolerance

    Anagrams

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    intolerable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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
    • It is an intolerable sound that sets spoons tinkling in saucers and windowpanes vibrating.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "intolerable" is often applied: cruelty, burden, situation, condition, pain, heat, position, life, state, suffering, evil, risk, insult, hardship, agony, behavior, affront, insolence, stress, consequence, people.

    Derived terms

    * intolerability * intolerableness * intolerably

    References

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