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Unintelligible vs Indiscernible - What's the difference?

unintelligible | indiscernible |

As adjectives the difference between unintelligible and indiscernible

is that unintelligible is not intelligible; unable to be understood while indiscernible is not capable of being discerned, of being perceived.

As a noun indiscernible is

something which is incapable of being discerned.

unintelligible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not intelligible; unable to be understood.

    • Antonyms

    * (l).

    See also

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    indiscernible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not capable of being discerned, of being perceived.
  • * 1919 , , Dope , ch. 28:
    • The details of the room were indiscernible , lost in yellowish shadow.
  • Not capable of being distinguished from something else.

    • Derived terms

    * indiscernibleness * indiscernibility * indiscernibly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, philosophy) Something which is incapable of being discerned.

    • Derived terms

    * identity of indiscernibles