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Irresistible vs Irreversible - What's the difference?

irresistible | irreversible |

As adjectives the difference between irresistible and irreversible

is that irresistible is not able to be resisted while irreversible is incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward.

irresistible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not able to be resisted.
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    • Derived terms

    * irresistibility

    irreversible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward.
  • Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
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  • (label) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.