different between numberless vs untold

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

From Old English unteald (“not counted or reckoned”), from tellan (“count, relate, tell”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?to?ld/
• Homophone: untolled
• Rhymes: -??ld

Adjective

untold (not comparable)

1. Not told; not related; not revealed; secret.
2. Not numbered or counted.
3. Not able to be counted, measured, told, expressed in words, or described; extremely large in scale, number, quantity, suffering, damage, etc.; uncountable, unmeasurable, immeasurable, indescribable, inexpressible.