Difference between Unspeakable and Inexpressible

What is the difference between Unspeakable and Inexpressible?

Unspeakable as an adjective is incapable of being spoken or uttered; unutterable; ineffable; inexpressible. while Inexpressible as an adjective is unable to be expressed.

Unspeakable

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Incapable of being spoken or uttered; unutterable; ineffable; inexpressible. Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described. Extremely bad or objectionable.

Example sentence: Our country's national crime is lynching. It is not the creature of an hour, the sudden outburst of uncontrolled fury, or the unspeakable brutality of an insane mob.

Inexpressible

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Unable to be expressed.

Example sentence: Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible.

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

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