Title: John Kerry Makes the Most Incredulous Claim About Coal Source:
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Incredible means "too extraordinary to be believed," whereas incredulous means "skeptical." They come from credible and credulous, respectively, as credible describes something that is believable, while credulous describes someone who readily believes or is not skeptical.
I have a malapropic friend who says funny things such as "for all intensive purposes". I'm pretty sure that incredible and incredulous are interchangeable in his North Carolina dialect.
From Patrick Henry's 7 June 1788 speech opposing Virginia's ratifying the proposed US Constitution:
"Gentlemen strongly urge its adoption will be a mighty benefit to us: But, Sir, I am made of such incredulous materials that assertions and declarations, do not satisfy me. I must be convinced, Sir. I shall retain my infidelity on that subject, till I see our liberties secured in a manner perfectly satisfactory to my understanding..."