different between incompatible vs estranged

English

Etymology

French incompatible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?m?pæt?b?l/

Adjective

incompatible (comparative more incompatible, superlative most incompatible)

1. Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.

   • Courts of equity are in many instances so nice and intricate, that they are incompatible with the genius of trials by jury.

   Synonym: irreconcilable

2. (chemistry) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.

Antonyms

• compatible

Hyponyms

• backward-incompatible

Derived terms

• incompatibly
• incompatibility

Translations

See also

Noun

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

1. (medicine, chemistry, chiefly in the plural) An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.

   the incompatibles of iron

2. (philosophy) A consequent of a contrary.
   • 2004, Boethius's In Ciceronis Topica, translated by Eleonore Stump

     Incompatibles are consequents of contraries. For example, sleeping and waking are contraries, and snoring is associated with sleepers. So snoring and waking are incompatibles.

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +? compatible.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /i?.kom.p??ti.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /i?.kum.p??ti.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i?.kom.pa?ti.ble/

Adjective

incompatible (masculine and feminine plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

Derived terms

• incompatibilitat
• incompatiblement

Further reading

• “incompatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Adjective

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

Antonyms

• compatible

Derived terms

• incompatibilité
• incompatiblement

Further reading

• “incompatible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• incompatíbel

Adjective

incompatible m or f (plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

Antonyms

• compatible, compatíbel

Related terms

• incompatibilidade

Further reading

• “incompatible” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Adjective

incompatible (plural incompatibles)

1. incompatible

   Antonym: compatible

Related terms

• incompatibilidad

Further reading

• “incompatible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Verb

estranged

1. simple past tense and past participle of estrange

   She estranged her husband by not talking to him for over a year.

Adjective

estranged (comparative more estranged, superlative most estranged)

1. Having become a stranger, of one who formerly was close, as a relative, friend, lover, or spouse.

Usage notes

• This is a relatively formal term. The more colloquial alternative is “to not talk”, as in “I don’t talk to my mother”. A semi-formal alternative is not on speaking terms.

Synonyms

• alienated

Coordinate terms

• separated

Related terms

• bestranged

Translations

Anagrams

• dangerest