Surmountable vs. Insurmountable — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Surmountable and Insurmountable
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Surmountable
To overcome (an obstacle, for example); triumph over.
Insurmountable
Impossible to surmount; insuperable
Insurmountable difficulties.
Surmountable
To ascend to the top of; climb
Surmount a hill.
Insurmountable
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable
Getting everybody to agree proved to be an insurmountable difficulty.
Surmountable
To place something above; top
The lintel was surmounted with a frieze.
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Insurmountable
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is insurmountable.
Surmountable
To be above or on top of
The church steeple surmounts the square.
Insurmountable
Not capable of being surmounted or overcome;
Insurmountable disadvantages
Surmountable
(Obsolete) To surpass or exceed in amount.
Insurmountable
Impossible to surmount
Surmountable
Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles.
Surmountable
Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable.
Surmountable
Capable of being surmounted or overcome;
Situations of measurable and surmountable danger
Surmountable
Capable of being surmounted
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