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Difference Between Inexplorable and Inscrutable

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Inexplorable

That cannot be explored or discovered; inscrutable or unfathomable
May 02, 2022

Inscrutable

Difficult to understand or interpret; impenetrable
"that little creature, whose innocent life had sprung, by the inscrutable decree of Providence ... out of the rank luxuriance of a guilty passion" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
May 02, 2022

Inexplorable

Incapable of being explored, searched out, or discovered.
May 02, 2022

Inscrutable

Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
His inscrutable theories would years later become the foundation of a whole new science.
May 02, 2022

Inscrutable

One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
May 02, 2022
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Inscrutable

Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event.
'T is not in manTo yield a reason for the will of HeavenWhich is inscrutable.
Waiving a question so inscrutable as this.
May 02, 2022

Inscrutable

Of an obscure nature;
The new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
A deep dark secret
The inscrutible workings of Providence
In its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life
Rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
May 02, 2022

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