different between invulnerable vs invincible

English

Etymology

From Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulner?bilis, from vulner?bilis, from vulner? (“I wound”), from vulnus (“wound”).

Adjective

invulnerable (not comparable)

1. Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
2. Unanswerable; irrefutable

   an invulnerable argument

Related terms

• invulnerability
• invulnerably

Translations

References

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

Spanish

Adjective

invulnerable (plural invulnerables)

1. invulnerable

   Antonym: vulnerable

Related terms

• invulnerabilidad

English

Etymology

From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”), from in- (“not”) +? vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?v?ns.?bl?/
• Rhymes: -?bl?

Adjective

invincible (not comparable)

1. Impossible to defeat, destroy or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.

   Synonyms: unconquerable, undefeatable

   Antonyms: conquerable, defeatable, vincible, weak

Translations

Noun

invincible (plural invincibles)

1. Someone or something that cannot be defeated, destroyed or killed.

   Antonym: vincible

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Middle French invincible, from Latin invincibilis (“unconquerable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.v??.sibl/
• Homophone: invincibles

Adjective

invincible (plural invincibles)

1. invincible

Further reading

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