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Intransigent vs Unanswerable - What's the difference?

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Intransigent is a related term of unanswerable.


As adjectives the difference between intransigent and unanswerable

is that intransigent is unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn while unanswerable is not answerable; impossible to answer.

As a noun unanswerable is

something that cannot be answered.

intransigent

English

Alternative forms

* intransigeant

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.
    • Don't waste your time trying to change his mind, he's completely intransigent .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * intransigence * intransigency * intransigently

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    unanswerable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * unaunswerable (qualifier)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not answerable; impossible to answer.
  • Impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive.

    • Synonyms

    * (not answerable) answerless * (impossible to dispute) indisputable

    Antonyms

    * (not answerable) answerable * (impossible to dispute) disputable, refutable, inconclusive

    Related terms

    *unanswerability *unanswerableness *unanswerably *answerless

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that cannot be answered.

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