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Unrivaled vs Incomparable - What's the difference?

unrivaled | incomparable |

As adjectives the difference between unrivaled and incomparable

is that unrivaled is beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival while incomparable is so much better than another as to be beyond comparison; matchless or unsurpassed.

unrivaled

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Beyond compare, far surpassing any other, unparalleled, without rival.
  • :Helen's unrivaled beauty is said to have launched a thousand ships.

    • 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