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Incontrovertible vs Preclude - What's the difference?

incontrovertible | preclude |

As an adjective incontrovertible

is not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning.

As a verb preclude is

remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).

incontrovertible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning.
    • Her statement that Hitler was evil is incontrovertible .

    Synonyms

    * indisputable, undeniable, unquestionable

    Antonyms

    * controvertible

    Derived terms

    * incontrovertibility * incontrovertibly

    Related terms

    * controvert * controversy

    preclude

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (preclud)
  • Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
    • It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-08-09 , author = Douglas Main , title = Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation , site = livescience , url = http://www.livescience.com/38796-israel-outlaws-water-fluoridation.html , accessdate = 2013-09-30 }}
    Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.

    Derived terms

    * precludable * preclusion * preclusive * preclusively