What's the difference between indestructible and infrangible?

Indestructible


Definition:

  • (a.) Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tim Nice-But-Dim may seem annoyingly indestructible, but by expanding the horizons of others, we can undermine him.
  • (2) But we loved it.” The block was only a few years old when the brothers moved in and has proved as indestructible as Chaplin’s reputation.
  • (3) Pushed by the press and fired by Britain’s seemingly indestructible institutional desire to be loved by America, prime ministers feel the need to seize first friend status and hug it close.
  • (4) Alliances can wither or be destroyed, but partnerships of purpose are indestructible.
  • (5) They too lost their compass, went too far and believed themselves indestructible.
  • (6) Forty years ago, there were lots of old and oldish people in the movies but they didn’t pretend to be young and indestructible, because where’s the drama in that?
  • (7) The aggressive Humvee mindset spawned a less antisocial alternative: the SUV (sport utility vehicle), with its high-up military-style vantage point, from which to spot approaching danger, and with macho bumpers signalling solidity and indestructibility.
  • (8) We feel it highlights that family is an indestructible bond between people that is universal and it doesn’t matter how it is made or what it looks like.
  • (9) Joined previously successful combo and is still around, misunderstood, but seemingly indestructible.
  • (10) Technically the challenge, brilliantly met, must have been the handling of that enormous flock of free-range characters and the disposing of the maddening, mysterious, apparently indestructible Widmerpool.
  • (11) The authors analyse the results of the treatment of peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum by indestructible red laser radiation in 65 patients.
  • (12) It may not be the end of his political life -- given his seemingly indestructible appeal to sections of the Italian population.
  • (13) Crucially, he was seen as a born survivor and indestructible powerbroker, a rain-maker who could not be bypassed or sidelined.
  • (14) To Swansea fans he’s our rock, an indestructible superhero.
  • (15) Microplastics are near-indestructible in natural environments.
  • (16) The words should be indestructible but they are fleeting.
  • (17) The invention of CDs meant we all wanted to replace our record collections with wonderful new shiny, "indestructible" CDs and we were all happy to fork out £16 or £17 for each one; it also became de rigeur to have a library of videos prominently displayed in the corner of your living room.
  • (18) As a consequence of these facts, perfect metals for application in implants must have a short repassivation period and mechanically indestructible surface oxides.
  • (19) "What is interesting, on reflection, is how comfortable everyone was with the notion that banks were somehow indestructible," he said.
  • (20) They are not indestructible, and there are not as many of them as we think.

Infrangible


Definition:

  • (a.) Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms.
  • (a.) Not to be infringed or violated.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship - be it JC or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some infrangible set of ethical principles - is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive.