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Miraculous vs Incredible - What's the difference?

miraculous | incredible | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between miraculous and incredible

is that miraculous is pertaining to miracles; referring to something that people can't explain while incredible is too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable.

miraculous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to miracles; referring to something that people can't explain.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=September 7 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Moldova 0-5 England , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break when Oxlade-Chamberlain picked his way through midfield before releasing Defoe for a finish that should have been dealt with more convincingly by Namasco at his near post.}}
  • By supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god (only used when positive).
  • incredible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable.
  • * 1980 September 16, (w), quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does , University of California Press (1990, 1993), ISBN 0-520-06134-9, page 29:
  • I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, page 796:
  • He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion.
  • Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
  • He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story.
  • Marvelous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
  • I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else.

    Synonyms

    * unbelievable