Nebulous vs Inscrutable - What's the difference?
nebulous | inscrutable |
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Vague or ill-defined.
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.
* 2007 , Tracy Jordan'' (Tracy Morgan), ''30 Rock :
As adjectives the difference between nebulous and inscrutable
is that nebulous is in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy while inscrutable is difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.As a noun inscrutable is
one who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc that cannot be comprehended.nebulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
Anagrams
*inscrutable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
- She called my vanity license plate inscrutable ! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious!