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Barbarous vs Incivil - What's the difference?

barbarous | incivil |

As adjectives the difference between barbarous and incivil

is that barbarous is not classical or pure while incivil is (rare) displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.

barbarous

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) barbarouse

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not classical or pure.
  • uncivilized, uncultured
  • Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
    • I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
    By the known rules of antient libertie,
    When strait a barbarous noise environs me
    Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - (1673)

    Derived terms

    * barbarously * barbarousness

    Related terms

    * barbarian * barbaric

    incivil

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
  • * 2005', Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, ' Social Science and the Challenge of Relativism - ISBN 0813008905 Page 235
    • "No matter how rude or incivil the existing habits of behavior, in other words, if the creature was in fact a human being, then he/she was necessarily endowed with a soul and thus with a capacity of understanding at least sufficient to absorb and retain Europe's instruction."
  • (rare) Uncivilized, barbarous.
  • * 2001', M. K. Gandhi, ' Non-Violent Resistance ISBN 0486416062 - Page 182
    • "It will be essentially incivil and criminal."

    Related terms

    * incivility

    See also

    * uncivil