Perplexing vs Unfathomable - What's the difference?
perplexing | unfathomable | Related terms |
Impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible.
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Difficult to penetrate.
Perplexing is a related term of unfathomable.
As adjectives the difference between perplexing and unfathomable
is that perplexing is confusing or puzzling while unfathomable is impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible.As a verb perplexing
is .unfathomable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The sheer numbers they attacked with were unfathomable .
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