Unavoidable vs Indelible - What's the difference?
unavoidable | indelible |
Impossible to avoid; bound to happen.
(legal) Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void.
Something that cannot be avoided.
* 1825 , The London magazine (volume 12, page 490)
having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface
incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten
* 2014 , (Ruzwana Bashir), "
incapable of being annulled
* Sprat
As adjectives the difference between unavoidable and indelible
is that unavoidable is impossible to avoid; bound to happen while indelible is having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.As a noun unavoidable
is something that cannot be avoided.unavoidable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- (Blackstone)
Usage notes
* See usage notes at inevitable.Synonyms
* (impossible to avoid) inescapable, inevitableAntonyms
* (impossible to avoid) avoidableNoun
(en noun)- Forty years before, I had thought this odour one of the necessities of life — one of the unavoidables at least
indelible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This ink spot on the contract is indelible .
- This stain on my shirt is indelible .
- That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory.
The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian , 29 August 2014:
- During our investigation it became clear that for three decades many other women had suffered at the hands of our abuser, but they had refused to testify against him because of the indelible stigma it would bring.
- They are endued with indelible power from above.