The difference between Unintelligible and Unknowable

When used as adjectives, unintelligible means not intelligible, whereas unknowable means not knowable.


Unknowable is also noun with the meaning: something that cannot be known.

check bellow for the other definitions of Unintelligible and Unknowable

  1. Unintelligible as an adjective:

    Not intelligible; unable to be understood.

  1. Unknowable as an adjective:

    Not knowable; not able to be known.

  1. Unknowable as a noun:

    Something that cannot be known.