Difference between Inexpressible and Indescribable

What is the difference between Inexpressible and Indescribable?

Inexpressible as an adjective is unable to be expressed. while Indescribable as an adjective is impossible, or very difficult to describe.

Inexpressible

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Unable to be expressed.

Example sentence: There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say. The words just jolly it along. It's always been my way of expressing what, for me, is inexpressible by any other means.

Indescribable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Impossible, or very difficult to describe.Exceeding all description.

Example sentence: I could never ever say enough about Matt Amato. He has an indescribable presence; this warm, loving, serene calm with intense interest and excitement bubbling beneath his exterior.

We hope you now know whether to use Inexpressible or Indescribable in your sentence.

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