different between irrevocable vs irresistable

English

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin irrevocabilis; equivalent to ir- +? revoke +? -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????v?k?b(?)l/, /????v??k?b(?)l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????v?k?b(?)l/, /????vo?k?b(?)l/, /??i?vo?k?b(?)l/

Adjective

irrevocable (not comparable)

1. Unable to be retracted or reversed; final.
   • c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It act 1, scene 3:

     Firm and irrevocable is my doom

     Which I have pass'd upon her; she is banish'd.

   • 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, chapter 61:

     On each face, wonder and fear were painted vividly; each so still and silent, looking at the other over the black gulf of the irrevocable past.

   • 2005 April 28, Samuel Abt, "Cycling: Cipo retires. Definitely. Absolutely. Yes. Probably," New York Times (retrieved 27 April 2014):

     Once again, Mario Cipollini has announced his definite, absolute, unswerving and irrevocable decision to retire, and this time he means it. Probably.

Usage notes

• Pronunciations with antepenultimate stress are common, but sometimes proscribed.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

ir- +? revocable

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /i.r?.vo?ka.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /i.r?.bu?ka.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.re.vo?ka.ble/

Adjective

irrevocable (masculine and feminine plural irrevocables)

1. irrevocable

Antonyms

• revocable

Derived terms

• irrevocabilitat
• irrevocablement

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

irrevocable (plural irrevocables)

1. irrevocable

English

Adjective

irresistable (comparative more irresistable, superlative most irresistable)

1. Dated form of irresistible.
   • 1895, Medical Review (volumes 30-31, page 423)

     The victim is an irresistable, insane subject of the peculiar trance, oblivious to his acts, and ofttimes unconscious of them afterward. During the attack he is in no way the same actor.

Further reading

• irresistable at OneLook Dictionary Search
• irresistable, irresistible at Google Ngram Viewer