different between incomprehensible vs insoluble

English

Etymology

From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehensibilis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??nk?mp???h?ns?b?l/

Adjective

incomprehensible (comparative more incomprehensible, superlative most incomprehensible)

1. impossible or very difficult to understand.
   • 1904-09, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, published 1962

     But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.

   • 1990, Greg Bear, Heads,

     He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'

Synonyms

• fathomless, unfathomable, unintelligible; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Antonyms

• comprehensible, understandable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Related terms

• incomprehension

Translations

Noun

incomprehensible (plural incomprehensibles)

1. Anything that is beyond understanding.

Further reading

• incomprehensible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• incomprehensible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Middle French

Etymology

First known attestation 1314, borrowed from Latin incomprehensibilis.

Adjective

incomprehensible m or f (plural incomprehensibles)

1. incomprehensible

Descendants

• ? English: incomprehensible

References

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin insolubilis (in- + solubilis).

Adjective

insoluble (comparative more insoluble, superlative most insoluble)

1. That cannot be dissolved.
2. That cannot be solved; unsolvable; insolvable.
3. That cannot be explained; mysterious or inexplicable.
4. That cannot be broken down or dispersed.

Synonyms

• (not explainable): inexplicable; See Thesaurus:incomprehensible or Thesaurus:mysterious

Antonyms

• soluble

Related terms

• insolubility
• insolubly

Translations

Noun

insoluble (plural insolubles)

1. Any substance that cannot be dissolved.
   • 2006, Ashok Pandey, Enzyme Technology (page 518)

     As there is a partial vacuum inside the drum, the liquid is sucked inside the drum and the insolubles are deposited on the outer surface of the membrane filter.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?nsol?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.su?lu.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.so?lu.ble/

Adjective

insoluble (masculine and feminine plural insolubles)

1. insoluble
2. unsolvable

Further reading

• “insoluble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insoluble” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “insoluble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insoluble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Latin ?nsol?bilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

insoluble (plural insolubles)

1. (chemistry) insoluble
2. (mathematics) insoluble

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?nsol?bilis.

Adjective

insoluble (plural insolubles)

1. insoluble
2. unsolvable

Further reading

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