Unaffected vs Insensible - What's the Difference?

Insensible

Unaffected

Definitions

Definition as Adjective
  • incapable of physical sensation
  • barely able to be perceived
  • unresponsive to stimulation
  • unaware of or indifferent to
Definition as Adjective
  • undergoing no change when acted upon
  • free of artificiality; sincere and genuine
  • unaware of or indifferent to
  • emotionally unmoved

Examples

  • "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
  • "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"
  • "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
  • "insensible to the suffering around him"
  • "entirely unaffected by each other's writings"; "fibers remained apparently unaffected by the treatment"
  • "an unaffected grace"
  • "insensible to the suffering around him"
  • "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable"

Parts of Speech

Adjective
Adjective