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Stoical vs Inscrutable - What's the difference?

stoical | inscrutable |

As adjectives the difference between stoical and inscrutable

is that stoical is enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint 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.

stoical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.

    • Derived terms

    * stoically

    Related terms

    * stoic / Stoic * stoicism

    inscrutable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret.
    • His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
  • * 2007 , Tracy Jordan'' (Tracy Morgan), ''30 Rock :
    • She called my vanity license plate inscrutable ! 'ICU81MI'? Hilarious!

    Synonyms

    * (difficult to comprehend) ineffable

    Derived terms

    * inscrutability * inscrutableness * inscrutably

    See also

    * inexplorable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.