Unmoved vs Impervious - What's the difference?
unmoved | impervious | Related terms |
not physically moved
not affected emotionally, or not showing emotion
not sympathetic; uncaring
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, year=2012
, date=June 19
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 1-0 Ukraine
, work=BBC Sport
Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Immune to damage or effect.
As adjectives the difference between unmoved and impervious
is that unmoved is not physically moved while impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by.unmoved
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved .}}