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Austere vs Inhuman - What's the difference?

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Austere is a related term of inhuman.


As adjectives the difference between austere and inhuman

is that austere is austere while inhuman is of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

austere

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Grim or severe in manner or appearance
    • The headmistress was an austere old woman.
  • Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
    • The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

    Synonyms

    * (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding * (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

    Antonyms

    * (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

    Derived terms

    * austerity * austerely

    inhuman

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

    • Antonyms

    * humane