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Irrefragable vs Undoubted - What's the difference?

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Irrefragable is a related term of undoubted.


As adjectives the difference between irrefragable and undoubted

is that irrefragable is irrefutable while undoubted is without doubt; without question; certain.

irrefragable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Which cannot be refuted; indisputable, clearly right, incontrovertible.
  • * 1885 , , Nuttie's Father , ch. 20:
    • Bulfinch, a solicitor at Redcastle, came to him with irrefragable proofs of gross peculation on the part of the bailiff.
  • * 1913 , , John Barleycorn , ch. 19:
    • [W]e didn't. That is the irrefragable fact. We didn't.
  • * 2001 Jan. 14, , " Bookend: White House Book Club," New York Times (retrieved 18 Nov 2012):
    • Lionel Trilling has cautioned us that an idea derived from reading is not a unitary, irrefragable thing but something modified in its transmission.

    Synonyms

    * (which cannot be refuted) incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, unanswerable, undeniable, unquestionable

    Related terms

    * irrefragability * irrefragably * refragable

    undoubted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without doubt; without question; certain.
  • :His undoubted skill meant that he was in much demand.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 9 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.}}

    Synonyms

    * uncontested * unquestioned * undisputed * doubtless

    Derived terms

    * undoubtedly