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Irrefutable vs Irrefragable - What's the difference?

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Irrefragable is a synonym of irrefutable.



As adjectives the difference between irrefutable and irrefragable

is that irrefutable is undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted while irrefragable is which cannot be refuted; indisputable, clearly right, incontrovertible.

irrefutable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted

    • Antonyms

    * refutable

    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