What's the difference between incontrovertible and undeniable?

Incontrovertible


Definition:

  • (a.) Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Seven incontrovertible arguments show that the only valid measurement unit for elastic stockings is the millimetre of mercury and not a grading system.
  • (2) Our aim is to provide incontrovertible proof of this hypothesis, reporting the results of systematic stool examinations for Campylobacter in the stools as well as 5 new cases of septicaemia.
  • (3) The case that Bagosora personally ordered the murder of Rwanda's prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and the killing of 10 Belgian peacekeepers, and then unleashed the genocide against the Tutsi minority was, the prosecutors claim, as important for the fact that it established an incontrovertible body of evidence for the planning and organisation of a genocide as it was for establishing its agent.
  • (4) When I ask both brothers about the incontrovertible blemishes on the last government's record, the policy of locking up children at Yarl's Wood, say, or the cavernous gap between executive reward and the minimum wage, they offer vague mea culpas.
  • (5) As pluralistic as our society may be, and no matter how relevant cultural and subcultural values may be, it is an incontrovertible fact that, by exceedingly early childbearing, poor teenagers who are black immeasurably increase their inherent disadvantages to pursue education and acquire marketable skills, not to mention attractive jobs.
  • (6) Laurent Fabius said he believed there was now incontrovertible proof that Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the 21 August gas attack, while Sergei Lavrov said it was still unclear who carried it out.
  • (7) If they can, the argument goes, then the urgency of addressing the problem becomes incontrovertible; if it doesn't, then it allows countries to continue delaying action or reducing their commitments.
  • (8) None of these proposed mechanisms incontrovertibly excludes the other and complex interrelationships may exist.
  • (9) Despite incontrovertable evidence demonstrating the unique immunosuppressive capabilities of antihymocyte globulin (ATG) in animals, its value in clinical transplantation has remained inconclusive.
  • (10) "I have tested this, trying with and without the card in my wallet and the evidence is incontrovertible.
  • (11) Given this situation the right of the patient to a full explanation of the diagnosis and the rationale of the treatment offered seems to be incontrovertible.
  • (12) Hickman parries this by pointing to such non-rock Record Store Day releases as a 7-inch single by One Direction and three albums of classical music conducted by Herbert von Karajan, but it seems to me that the point is almost incontrovertible: to use the vocabulary of the 1980s, much of the energy that goes into the event is unmistakably rockist, and the festivities often feel like a day-long benefit for an entire musical idiom: Live Aid meets the Antiques Roadshow, with the aim of keeping the guitars ringing out for another year.
  • (13) The presence of a seatbelt sign across the abdomen is not incontrovertible evidence that a laparotomy must be done, but its presence should create a high index of suspicion for serious visceral injury.
  • (14) More than this, he has one incontrovertible advantage over anyone who might think about usurping him: he is a Kim.
  • (15) And there was, after all, the incontrovertible fact of the video.
  • (16) However, the negativity of this test cannot be considered as an incontrovertible proof of the absence of coronary sensitivity to vasoconstriction.
  • (17) Nevertheless, incontrovertible proof of causality should not be required before regulations are made to protect public health.
  • (18) The use of varicocelectomy for the treatment of subfertility seems to be incontrovertible.
  • (19) 1.41pm GMT 11 min: ‘England are playing some tidy football,’ exclaims the BBC’s John Motson, shocked by a display of incontrovertible Anglo-competence.
  • (20) When one man is said to have called another a “pleb”, but no incontrovertible evidence exists that he has done so, how do you get to the truth?

Undeniable


Definition:

  • (a.) Not deniable; incapable of denial; palpably true; indisputable; obvious; as, undeniable evidence.
  • (a.) Unobjectionable; unquestionably excellent; as, a person of undeniable connections.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The London Olympics delivered its undeniable panache by throwing a large amount of money at a small number of people who were set a simple goal.
  • (2) As always he sounded as if he believed every single word but, despite rightful grievances about the latest incident, if his team are suffering from a reputation, then a good part of that, undeniably, is of their own making.
  • (3) This week has exposed the indefensibility of weapons sales so clearly that the need for a suspension seems undeniable, except to the government.
  • (4) It is undeniable that the #OccupyParliament demonstrations have heralded a new age of activism.
  • (5) The intricate wood carving, the elegant furniture, the panelled walls, the grand entrance hall and the cantilevered stairs are undeniably impressive.
  • (6) However, it is undeniably the case that these implants are made up of non-medical grade silicone and therefore should not have been implanted … in the first place.
  • (7) But it's also undeniable that Indians who grew up in the 80s and 90s have been in many ways morally and imaginatively conservative: they are the context, for instance, in which wish-fulfilling skin lighteners like Fair & Lovely have flourished.
  • (8) But the validity of the criminal bar's case is undeniable.
  • (9) Elevated uric acid levels would therefore be undeniably helpful in selecting the form of treatment.
  • (10) However, in colorectal randomized studies, the presence of "withdrawn" group for which the stapler was the only technically possible alternative, provides undeniable proof that this technique is an indispensable adjunct in modern digestive surgery.
  • (11) Some authors attribute psychogenic causes for depression associated with the pill, such as temporary castration, instant sexual liberation, or womens' undeniable maternal instinct.
  • (12) The prophets of doom will undeniably be proved right in the long run unless their basic assumptions are nullified by concrete acts, and soon.
  • (13) We can disagree about whether the EU has been a socialist or capitalist influence – too much red tape or too much free market dogma, too much statist meddling or too much restriction on government deficits – but it is undeniable that it wields that influence without asking the people.
  • (14) "Undeniably, our young population represents the future of our country," says Nahimana.
  • (15) Tom Malinowski, a former member of President Bill Clinton's national security staff and now Washington director of Human Rights Watch, said Washington acted in the face of what it regarded as undeniable evidence.
  • (16) Consultation is undeniably difficult in a war zone but all 10 men were offended that it had been assumed by Kabul authorities that they were expendable to the project and could be pushed aside.
  • (17) Ultimately it depends on the funder whether they are content with the transaction, yet it is undeniably part of a music culture using a decreasing amount of fiat money, and could further casualise music-making.
  • (18) It's undeniably true that, as the parliamentary commission on banking standards catalogued so damningly earlier this year , the banking plcs that appeared to be the future when a wave of demutualisations swept through the financial sector in the 1990s have not served society, the taxpayer, or Britain's businesses well.
  • (19) That the City generates wealth for London and the UK is undeniable.
  • (20) All of the most cherished human dogmas - deemed so true and undeniable that dissent should be barred by the force of law - have been subsequently debunked, or at least discredited.