different between prying vs intrusive

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?a?.??/

Verb

prying

1. present participle of pry

Noun

prying (plural pryings)

1. The act of one who pries.
   • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 280)

     That it is wrongful to do a thing in that it is grubby in the way in which pryings for the sake of prurient interest are grubby, does not by itself make doing the thing an infringement of a claim.

Anagrams

• Pingry

English

Etymology

Back-formation from intrusion, +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?u?s?v/
• Hyphenation: in?tru?sive

Adjective

intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)

1. Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.

   Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?

2. (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

Synonyms

• unwelcome
• uninvited
• disturbing
• interrupting

Antonyms

• unintrusive

Derived terms

• intrusively
• intrusiveness

Translations

Noun

intrusive (plural intrusives)

1. (geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

References

• intrusive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intrusive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Adjective

intrusive

1. feminine singular of intrusif

German

Adjective

intrusive

1. inflection of intrusiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

intrusive

1. feminine plural of intrusivo

Anagrams

• risvenuti