What's the difference between amazing and incredible?

Amazing


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Amaze
  • (a.) Causing amazement; very wonderful; as, amazing grace.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The technique is facilitated by an amazingly low tendency to bleeding.
  • (2) Before the offer for the jungle came in she was meant to be presenting the Plus Size Awards this week, an event supporting plus-size people who are doing amazing things but are overlooked by the mainstream.
  • (3) With grievous amazement, never self-pitying but sometimes bordering on a sort of numbed wonderment, Levi records the day-to-day personal and social history of the camp, noting not only the fine gradations of his own descent, but the capacity of some prisoners to cut a deal and strike a bargain, while others, destined by their age or character for the gas ovens, follow "the slope down to the bottom, like streams that run down to the sea".
  • (4) I was amazed by the sheer scale of the operation, easily mistaken for a full military assault on a kraken.
  • (5) It represents a rapid deterioration in relations since Monday when, previewing the Rotherham game, Karanka spoke of his “amazing” relationship with Steve Gibson, Boro’s owner, and everyone at the club.
  • (6) I opened my eyes and my mouth wide, which made everyone in the audience think I was amazed at what I was seeing.
  • (7) "Siri [the iPhone voice recognition assistant] reminds me of the woman who's told a dog plays chess and is asked, 'Isn't that amazing?'"
  • (8) White House plan to hire more border agents raises vetting fear, ex-senior official says Read more “But the fact is when the world changed, you have to change too, and so I do think there are amazing new opportunities now because he’s bringing nationalism to the fore, he’s bringing it into the mainstream, he’s asking these existential questions like: are we a nation?
  • (9) It was an amazing save,” said Mauricio Pochettino , the Tottenham manager.
  • (10) "Amazingly my mobile number was on it, so they were inquiring where they should deliver the parcel," they added.
  • (11) "The player [Suárez] is amazing and I love his quality, commitment and ambition to play," said Mourinho.
  • (12) Through small and large acts of deprivation and destruction we follow the process: the removal of hope, of dignity, of luxury, of necessity, of self; the reduction of a man to a hoarder of grey slabs of bread and the scrapings of a soup bowl (wonderfully told all this, with a novelist's gift for detail and sometimes very nearly comic surprise), to the confinement of a narrow bed – in which there is "not even any room to be afraid" – with a stranger who doesn't speak your language, to the cruel illogicality of hating a fellow victim of oppression more than you hate the oppressor himself – one torment following another, and even the bleak comfort of thinking you might have touched rock bottom denied you as, when the most immediate cause of a particular stress comes to an end, "you are grievously amazed to see that another one lies behind; and in reality a whole series of others".
  • (13) We recruit our colleagues for their enthusiasm, for delivering amazing customer service, and we invest in their development to ensure they can reach their full potential.
  • (14) Grid reference: 54.5763, -2.8734 Photograph: www.wildswimming.com Lower Ddwli Falls, Waterfall Woods, Brecon Beacons In the south-west hills of the Brecon Beacons , near Ystradfellte, you'll find some of the most amazing waterfall plunge pools in Britain.
  • (15) Some were amazingly naïve about culture as well as finance: "Can you read Spanish?"
  • (16) I would remind ourselves that peace will offer amazing achievements.
  • (17) AlphaGo: beating humans is one thing but to really succeed AI must work with them Read more The amazing thing is how quickly it’s happening.
  • (18) So, of course he is going to suffer, it doesn’t matter if he has an amazing job.” The prince said the event was an opportunity to show that even “unflappable” sporting personalities could experience mental health problems.
  • (19) Ultimately, however, the opportunity for personal development is provided, not by Twitter, but by the amazing and unique people who use it.
  • (20) Sophie Jackson, of Museum of London Archaeology , said: "The waterlogged conditions left by the Walbrook stream have given us layer upon layer of Roman timber buildings, fences and yards, all beautifully preserved and containing amazing personal items, clothes and even documents – all of which will transform our understanding of the people of Roman London."

Incredible


Definition:

  • (a.) Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As Russian companies Polymetal, Polyus Gold and Evraz race to join Eurasian Natural Resources as FTSE100 companies, despite their murky practices, because of London's incredibly lax listing requirements, one future scenario is becoming clearer.
  • (2) Her story is an incredible tale of triumph over tragedy: a tormented childhood during China's Cultural Revolution, detention and forced exile after exposing female infanticide – then glittering success as the head of a major US technology firm.
  • (3) They’ve already collaborated with folks like DOOM, Ghostface Killah and Frank Ocean; I was lucky enough to hear a sneak peek of their incredible collaboration with Future Islands’ Sam Herring from their forthcoming album.
  • (4) Nicholas Shaxson – the author of Treasure Islands, a book about the world of tax evasion – described the demands as "incredibly powerful".
  • (5) "Even with that margin I was still incredibly nervous.
  • (6) This was incredible - Selby somehow hung in there yesterday, taking frames when apparently outclassed, and then when he needed to turn it up today, he did - 13-4 turned it up.
  • (7) "It is incredibly hard work," she says with a sly grin.
  • (8) Sony is doing incredibly well with the PS4 but they’re doing something fundamentally different from us.
  • (9) I’m proud of my team and of women’s football, it was an incredible performance,” he said.
  • (10) To do what she did requires an incredible combination of persistence and anger."
  • (11) "In the same way as the camera tells a different story to reality, it's the same on stage; the gestures that might seem incredibly overblown in the moment are played out differently.
  • (12) Okay, that number 8 ranking isn’t incredibly impressive but it’s much better than, say, settling for a NIT bid and then (hilariously) losing in the first round .
  • (13) I remember cycling through London at 6am and I had this vision of Albert [Joey's human friend] meeting an incredibly injured horse and putting it down on the battlefield with his bayonet.
  • (14) "NHS funding is incredibly tight at the moment and this is £7m that's been spent unnecessarily due to the restructure," said Dr Laurence Buckman, chairman of the BMA's GPs committee.
  • (15) I don’t tolerate sexism and view porn as incredibly damaging for women.
  • (16) From one of his hospital visits Marr recalls a woman, eight months pregnant, who had suffered a stroke: "There are people far worse off than me who are so incredibly brave and cheerful.
  • (17) The Ivory Coast international Sagbo had won the penalty from which Hull scored through Robbie Brady – a decision labelled "incredibly soft" by the Norwich manager, Chris Hughton – but minutes later was sent off after he clashed with Russell Martin.
  • (18) They are standout talents of their generation and will provide a remarkable conclusion to what we all hope will be an incredible evening, with all profits benefiting Scotland’s children’s charities.” Hunter also plans to set aside some seats at the event for local young people.
  • (19) Filo pastry contains very little fat itself but relies on fat being added later in between incredibly fine sheets, allowing them to separate during cooking, and so shatter in the mouth into fine delicate shards.
  • (20) The stage winner, Marcel Kittel of Germany, said: "It was incredible, like being in a tunnel, the crowd were so loud."