The difference between Incomprehensible and Unfathomable
When used as adjectives, incomprehensible means impossible or very difficult to understand, whereas unfathomable means impossible to fathom or understand.
Incomprehensible is also noun with the meaning: anything that is beyond understanding.
check bellow for the other definitions of Incomprehensible and Unfathomable
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Incomprehensible as an adjective:
impossible or very difficult to understand.
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Incomprehensible as a noun:
Anything that is beyond understanding.
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Unfathomable as an adjective:
Impossible to fathom or understand.
Examples:
"synonyms: fathomless incomprehensible unintelligible Thesaurus:incomprehensible"
"ant explicable intelligible Thesaurus:comprehensible"
"The sheer numbers they attacked with were unfathomable."
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Unfathomable as an adjective:
Difficult to penetrate.
Examples:
"synonyms: impenetrable impregnable"
"ant penetrable pregnable"