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Unbearable vs Intolerant - What's the difference?

unbearable | intolerant |

As adjectives the difference between unbearable and intolerant

is that unbearable is so unpleasant or painful as to be unendurable while intolerant is intolerant; not tolerant.

unbearable

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * insufferable * unsupportable

    intolerant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
    • I am lactose-intolerant , so I can't drink milk.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses.
  • Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas. indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.

    • Related terms

    * intolerance * intolerantly * intolerate * intoleration * tolerance * tolerant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is intolerant; a bigot.
  • * 1856 , John David Chambers, Strictures, legal and historical, on the judgment of the Consistory Court of London, in December, 1855, in the Case of Westerton Versus Liddell
    • a portion of the prejudice which darkened the spirits of these intolerants , might perhaps have cast its shadow over him.

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