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Unbearable vs Excessive - What's the difference?

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Unbearable is a related term of excessive.


As adjectives the difference between unbearable and excessive

is that unbearable is so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable while excessive is exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

unbearable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable

    • Synonyms

    * insufferable * unsupportable

    excessive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.
    • "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive , nay even stupid."

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * insufficient * deficient

    Derived terms

    * excessive number

    Related terms

    * exceed * excess