different between inappropriate vs incongruous
inappropriate
English
Etymology
in- +? appropriate
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n??p???p?i.?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n??p?o?p?i.?t/
- Hyphenation: in?ap?pro?pri?ate
Adjective
inappropriate (comparative more inappropriate, superlative most inappropriate)
- Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place.
- (informal) Improper; adult; sexual.
Synonyms
- out of line
- unfit
- unsuitable
- improper
Derived terms
- inappropriately
- inappropriateness
Translations
Italian
Adjective
inappropriate
- feminine plural of inappropriato
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incongruous
English
Etymology
From Latin incongruus, from in- (“not”) + congruus (“congruent”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?k?n.???u.?s/, /?n?k??.??u.?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?k?n.??u.?s/, /???k??.??u.?s/
Adjective
incongruous (comparative more incongruous, superlative most incongruous)
- Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.
- 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette, ch. 34:
- [P]erhaps he thought me, with my basket of summer fruit, and my lack of the dignity age confers, an incongruous figure in such a scene.
- 1912, Jack London, A Son Of The Sun, ch. 1:
- Ardent suns had likewise tanned his face till it was swarthy as a Spaniard's. The yellow mustache appeared incongruous in the midst of such swarthiness.
- 2014, Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard (in The Guardian, 18 November 2014)[1]
- For a few moments England toyed with the idea of making it a more difficult night than necessary. Scotland had scored a goal that seemed incongruous to the rest of their performance and, briefly, a fiercely partisan crowd sensed an improbable comeback.
- 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette, ch. 34:
- (mathematics) Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.
- 20 and 25 are incongruous with respect to 4.
Derived terms
- incongruously
- incongruousness
Synonyms
- incongruitous
Related terms
- incongruence
- incongruent
- incongruity
Translations
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