Unaffected vs Impervious - What's the difference?
unaffected | impervious |
Not affected or changed.
Lacking pretense or affectation; natural.
* 1812 , , Pride and Prejudice ,
Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Immune to damage or effect.
As adjectives the difference between unaffected and impervious
is that unaffected is not affected or changed while impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by.As a noun unaffected
is someone not affected, as by a disease.unaffected
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Since I work from home, I was unaffected by the office move.
Chapter 3:
- Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
