different between incalculable vs endless

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English endeles, from Old English endel?as (“endless”), from Proto-Germanic *andijalausaz (“endless”), equivalent to end +? -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ndl?s/, /??ndl?s/
• Hyphenation: end?less

Adjective

endless (not comparable)

1. Having no end.

   endless time; endless praise

2. Extending indefinitely.

   an endless line

3. (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.

   • All loves are endless.

Synonyms

• (having no end): unending; see also Thesaurus:endless
• (extending indefinitely): eternal, infinite, unlimited; see also Thesaurus:infinite or Thesaurus:eternal

Antonyms

• finite
• limited

Derived terms

• endlessly
• endlessness

Translations

Anagrams

• Seldens