The difference between Indefinite and Indeterminate

When used as adjectives, indefinite means without limit, whereas indeterminate means not accurately determined or determinable.


Indefinite is also noun with the meaning: a word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.

check bellow for the other definitions of Indefinite and Indeterminate

  1. Indefinite as an adjective:

    Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.

  2. Indefinite as an adjective:

    Vague or unclear.

  3. Indefinite as an adjective:

    Undecided or uncertain.

  4. Indefinite as an adjective (mathematics):

    Being an integral without specified limits.

  5. Indefinite as an adjective (linguistics):

    Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things

    Examples:

    "the indefinite article"

  1. Indefinite as a noun (grammar):

    A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.

  1. Indeterminate as an adjective:

    Not accurately determined or determinable.

  2. Indeterminate as an adjective:

    Imprecise or vague.

  3. Indeterminate as an adjective (mathematics, of certain forms of [[limit]]):

    Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity and/or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.

  4. Indeterminate as an adjective (biology, of growth):

    With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.

  5. Indeterminate as an adjective (botany, of [[inflorescence]]s):

    Not topped with some form of terminal bud.

  6. Indeterminate as an adjective:

    Intersex.