What's the difference between indestructible and unbreakable?

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.

Unbreakable


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nina Funnell’s terrifying physical assault detailed in Unbreakable is something her mind endures out-of-time, “valiantly trying to protect me from the trauma of what was occurring”.
  • (2) Fitness for purpose should not accompany Westminster’s repair – it should be its unbreakable requirement.
  • (3) Until then, we have an unbreakable moral obligation to save them.
  • (4) We have an unbreakable option with both Lanzini and his club, so any other team’s interest is irrelevant.
  • (5) While a little less than 60% of protective eye glasses were equipped with unbreakable lenses, 40% of protective glasses were simple eye guards, containing no lens at all.
  • (6) At least that’s the implication from FBI director Jim Comey’s push to ban unbreakable encryption and deliberately weaken everyone’s security.
  • (7) He added: “As Americans, we are in his debt because, having worked with every US president since John F Kennedy, no one did more over so many years as Shimon Peres to build the alliance between our two countries – an unbreakable alliance that today is closer and stronger than it has ever been.” The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said: “He worked tirelessly for a two-state solution that would enable Israel to live securely and harmoniously with the Palestinians and the wider region.
  • (8) A series that followed the mixed fortunes of a group of guys whose unbreakable bond transcended their turbulent personal and professional relationships.
  • (9) Donald Trump has made a gushing show of friendship to the French leader, Emmanuel Macron, saying the two countries had an “unbreakable bond” , pledging to draw up a road map for post-conflict Syria, and asserting that the two leaders could work together despite clear differences on climate change.
  • (10) A filibuster, which would be unbreakable unless the Democratic leadership can muster 60 votes, would allow wavering politicians to avoid having to reveal where they stand in the fraught gun debate.
  • (11) In April, the star announced that she was delaying her Unbreakable tour because she and her husband, businessman Wissam Al Mana, were “planning our family”.
  • (12) Forget Edmund Burke 's grand myth of British history's unbreakable continuity – as an Irishman he should have known better: constitutional ruptures in these islands come round with the regularity of comets, pretty much every century.
  • (13) Treaties can be broken but our partnership is unbreakable.
  • (14) The prosthesis is non-reactive, virtually unbreakable, and undentable.
  • (15) According to Channel 4, Farnaby will be seeking out "magnetic boys" in Croatia, Serbia's "human battery", and an "unbreakable monk" in China.
  • (16) The H gene theory, postulates that the main defense against autoimmune disease is mediated by the permanent, unbreakable tolerances imposed on the clonal repertoire by the histocompatibility (H) antigens, major, minor and H-Y.
  • (17) However, a 7z archive with a password of, say, 40 characters is probably unbreakable in the foreseeable future.
  • (18) Made of clear polystyrene, with adjustable pegs of the same material, the device is small, light, unbreakable and easily portable.
  • (19) Vicious circles of economic instability, devaluation, and capital flight have brought down seemingly unbreakable regimes throughout history.
  • (20) Specimens plastinated with an epoxy-silicone copolymer are rigid enough to be polished, but are not unbreakable.