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Implacable vs Incorrigible - What's the difference?

implacable | incorrigible |

As adjectives the difference between implacable and incorrigible

is that implacable is unplaceable; that cannot be put or placed while incorrigible is defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.

As a noun incorrigible is

an incorrigibly bad individual.

implacable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not able to be placated or appeased.
  • Adamant; immovable.

    • incorrigible

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
    • ''The construction flaw is incorrigible ; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse.
  • incurably depraved; not reformable.
    • ''His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution.
  • impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
    • ''The imp is incorrigible : his bottom is still red from his last spanking when he plans the next prank.
  • unmanageable.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2006 , date=December 7 , author=Michael White , title=Breaking up is hard to do, even at the Treasury , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Gordon Brown may have his grumpy, Granita moments, but as a strategist he is an incorrigible optimist.}}
  • determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon.
    • ''The laws of nature and mathematics are incorrigible .
  • (archaic) incurable.

    • Quotations

    Synonyms

    (checksyns) * irredeemable * irreparable * uncorrectable

    Antonyms

    * corrigible

    Derived terms

    * incorrigibility * incorrigibly

    Related terms

    * incorrect

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An incorrigibly bad individual
    • ''The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders