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Unequal vs Incomparable - What's the difference?

unequal | incomparable |

As adjectives the difference between unequal and incomparable

is that unequal is not the same while incomparable is so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.

unequal

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) * (qualifier) * unequall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not the same.
  • Out of balance.

    • incomparable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • So much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.
  • * , De Profundis , (1909), Robert Baldwin Ross, ed., page 112:
    • I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
  • (rare) Not able to be compared.

    • Usage notes

    * Using (more)'' or ''(most)'' with ''incomparable , though often disapproved, is relatively common. Such uses may once have only been accepted for poetic effect, but are now widespread. * Despite its apparently absolute meaning, incomparable'' is often used as if there were degrees of incomparability, occurring with adverbs such as ''(so)'' and ''(very) .

    Derived terms

    * incomparability

    Related terms

    * comparable * uncomparable