Irreversible vs Irrecoverable - What's the difference?
irreversible | irrecoverable |
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Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.
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, title= (label) Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
Not recoverable or admitting of recovery; incapable of being recovered: as, an irrecoverable debt.
That cannot be recovered from or made good; irremediable; as an irrecoverable disease; irrecoverable danger.
As adjectives the difference between irreversible and irrecoverable
is that irreversible is incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward while irrecoverable is not recoverable or admitting of recovery; incapable of being recovered: as, an irrecoverable debt.irreversible
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Adjective
(en adjective)Subtle effects, passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese