Inalienable vs Indispensable - What's the difference?
inalienable | indispensable |
Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable.
(grammar) Of or pertaining to a noun belonging to a special class in which the possessive construction differs from the norm, especially for particular familial relationships and body parts.
(ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.
Absolutely necessary or requisite; that one cannot do without.
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, chapter=2 A thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.
(in the plural, colloquial, dated) Trousers.
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As adjectives the difference between inalienable and indispensable
is that inalienable is incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred to another; not alienable while indispensable is not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules.As a noun indispensable is
a thing that is not dispensable; a necessity.inalienable
English
(Inalienable possession) (way too much verbiage for a dictionary entry)Adjective
(-)- inalienable right a right that cannot be given away
Usage notes
While inalienable' and unalienable are today used interchangeably with '''''in alienable more common, the terms have historically sometimes been distinguished.“Unalienable” vs. “Inalienable”], [http://adask.wordpress.com/about/ Alfred Adask, Adask’s law, July 15, 2009, 3:56 PM
Synonyms
* (l)Antonyms
* (incapable of being alienated) (l)References
indispensable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The law was moral and indispensable . -Bp. Burnet
- An indispensable component of a heart-healthy diet.
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