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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