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Unremitting vs Indefatigable - What's the difference?

unremitting | indefatigable |

As adjectives the difference between unremitting and indefatigable

is that unremitting is incessant; never slackening while indefatigable is extremely persistent and untiring.

unremitting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • incessant; never slackening
  • * 1961 : J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the ''Sophistês'' of Plato . In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
    • We can achieve this god?likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=4 citation , passage=These thoughts supported my spirits, while I pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour.}}

    Derived terms

    * unremittingly

    References

    indefatigable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely persistent and untiring.
  • *
    • but he was at the same time an excellent scholar, and most indefatigable in teaching the two lads.
  • * 1898 , :
    • All night long the Martians were hammering and stirring, sleepless, indefatigable , at work upon the machines they were making ready, and ever and again a puff of greenish-white smoke whirled up to the starlit sky.

    Synonyms

    * inexhaustible, tireless, unflagging, unsinkable, untiring, unwearying,

    Antonyms

    * defatigable (much less common)

    Derived terms

    * indefatigably * indefatigability * indefatigableness