As adjectives the difference between inviolable and impervious
is that inviolable is not violable; not to be infringed while impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by.
inviolable
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Not violable; not to be infringed.
Not susceptible of violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
Incapable of being injured or invaded.
Derived terms
* inviolability
* inviolableness
* inviolably
Synonyms
* (not violable) unbreakable, unbreachable
* (not susceptible of being profaned) holy, sacred, sacrosanct
* (incapable of being injured or invaded) invincible, unassailable
Antonyms
* (not violable) incompliable (incapable of being complied''); violable, breakable (''capable of being violated )
* (not susceptible of being profaned) violable
* (incapable of being injured or invaded) invadable
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impervious
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
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Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
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Immune to damage or effect.
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Antonyms
* pervious
Derived terms
* imperviously
* imperviousness
