The difference between Indecipherable and Unreadable

When used as adjectives, indecipherable means not decipherable, whereas unreadable means that cannot be read or is not easy to read.


check bellow for the other definitions of Indecipherable and Unreadable

  1. Indecipherable as an adjective:

    Not decipherable; impossible to decode, read, understand or comprehend.

    Examples:

    "The doctor's handwriting was indecipherable."

  1. Unreadable as an adjective:

    That cannot be read or is not easy to read.

    Examples:

    "unreadable handwriting"

    "a machine that cut up secret documents into small unreadable fragments"

    "unreadable charts"

  2. Unreadable as an adjective:

    Not sufficiently interesting to be worth reading.

    Examples:

    "unreadable books"