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Incredible vs. Incredulous
Incredible
/ɪnˈkredəbəl/Examples:
'Here?' 'Yes, and it was an incredible bird.He had his mother's deep brown eyes with the incredible lashes.'Just the idea of murder would have seemed incredible then.'
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Incredulous
/ɪnˈkrɛdjʊləs/Examples:
She was incredulous when she heard the surprising news.Their incredulous expressions said everything.He listened with an incredulous smile on his face.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Incredible is something so amazing that it can barely be believed, while incredulous describes a person's reaction to something hard to believe.
- Remember that incredible has a suffix similar to believable, but means something almost too good to be true.
- Incredulous describes the state of mind, almost like doubtful, having an ous ending like curious or nervous.
- You can think of incredible as in credit – giving credit to something amazing, whereas incredulous' indicates a lack of trust or belief.
- If youre incredulous, youre showing disbelief; if something is incredible, it's causing disbelief.
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