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Unspellable vs Unshellable - What's the difference?

unspellable | unshellable |

As adjectives the difference between unspellable and unshellable

is that unspellable is difficult or impossible to spell while unshellable is not shellable.

unspellable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Difficult or impossible to spell.
  • * 1928 , Shaun Leslie, The Skull of Swift: An Extempore Exhumation
    • His masters, the Houyhnhnms of the unspellable and unsayable name, were more than performing horses or uncultured squires.
  • * 1992 , Hayden Carruth, Suicides and Jazzers
    • Their children, with unpronounceable, unspellable names, came to school in tattered clothes, the boys in drab vests and the girls in more colorful ones.

    unshellable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (topology) Not shellable.