Impervious vs Resistant - What's the difference?
impervious | resistant |
Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
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Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Immune to damage or effect.
A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.
A thing which resists.
Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
(statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
As adjectives the difference between impervious and resistant
is that impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by while resistant is which makes resistance or offers opposition.As a noun resistant is
a person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement.impervious
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Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* perviousDerived terms
* imperviously * imperviousnessresistant
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Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)- The infection is resistant to antibiotics.