different between numberless vs incalculable

English

Etymology

number +? -less.

Adjective

numberless (not comparable)

1. Without number; having too many to count.

   The stars are as numberless as the grains of sand on a beach.

   • 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt

     The lunch […] consisted […] of […] lobster mayonnaise, cold game sausages, an immense veal and ham pie farced with eggs, truffles, and numberless delicious flavours; besides kickshaws, creams and sweetmeats.

Synonyms

• (without number): countless, endless; see also Thesaurus:innumerable

English

Etymology

in- +? calculable

Adjective

incalculable (comparative more incalculable, superlative most incalculable)

1. (not comparable) Too much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation.

   The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable.

2. (not comparable, mathematics) Impossible to calculate.
3. (comparable) Of a person's mood or character, etc.: impossible to predict.

   He is incalculable when he's drunk. He can turn from an amiable person into a violent horror in a moment.

Synonyms

• (vast or numerous): huge; unimaginable
• (impossible to calculate): incomputable; see also Thesaurus:incalculable
• (of a person's mood or character, impossible to predict): capricious, fickle

Antonyms

• (vast or numerous): tiny
• (impossible to calculate): calculable

Related terms

• incalculability
• incalculably

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.kal.ky.labl/

Adjective

incalculable (plural incalculables)

1. incalculable

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

incalculable (plural incalculables)

1. incalculable