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Invulnerable vs Vulnerable - What's the difference?

invulnerable | vulnerable |

Vulnerable is a antonym of invulnerable.



As adjectives the difference between invulnerable and vulnerable

is that invulnerable is incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury; not vulnerable while vulnerable is more or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

invulnerable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury; not vulnerable.
  • Unanswerable; irrefutable; unable to be damaged by an attack or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.
  • References

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    vulnerable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 29, author=Kevin Mitchell, work=the Guardian
  • , title= Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , passage=The elimination of Federer after Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
  • (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
  • Synonyms

    * (exposed to attack) defenceless, helpless, powerless, unguarded, unprotected, weak

    Antonyms

    * (exposed to attack) durable, indomitable, invincible, invulnerable, powerful, strong

    Derived terms

    * vulnerability * vulnerably