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Incredible vs. Uncanny — What's the Difference?

Incredible vs. Uncanny — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Incredible and Uncanny

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Incredible

So implausible as to elicit disbelief; unbelievable
Gave an incredible explanation of the cause of the accident.

Uncanny

The uncanny is the psychological experience of something as strangely familiar, rather than simply mysterious. It may describe incidents where a familiar thing or event is encountered in an unsettling, eerie, or taboo context.Ernst Jentsch set out the concept of the uncanny later elaborated on by Sigmund Freud in his 1919 essay Das Unheimliche, which explores the eeriness of dolls and waxworks.

Incredible

Astonishing, extraordinary, or extreme
Dressed with incredible speed.

Uncanny

Strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way
An uncanny feeling that she was being watched

Incredible

(literal) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief; unbelievable.
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Uncanny

Mysterious or impossible to explain, especially when causing uneasiness or astonishment.

Incredible

(figurative) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story.

Uncanny

Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
He bore an uncanny resemblance to the dead sailor.

Incredible

(figurative) Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful.
I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else.

Uncanny

Careless.

Incredible

Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

Uncanny

Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.

Incredible

Beyond belief or understanding;
At incredible speed
The book's plot is simply incredible

Uncanny

Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.

Uncanny

Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences;
An eldritch screech
The three weird sisters
Stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures
An unearthly light
He could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din

Uncanny

Beyond what is natural;
His uncanny sense of direction

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