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Irreversible vs Unchangeable - What's the difference?

irreversible | unchangeable | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between irreversible and unchangeable

is that irreversible is incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backward while unchangeable is not changeable; incapable of being changed or of changing; immutable.

As a noun unchangeable is

something that cannot be changed.

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  • Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.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.

    • unchangeable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not changeable; incapable of being changed or of changing; immutable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that cannot be changed.

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