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Boorish vs Poorish - What's the difference?

boorish | poorish |

As adjectives the difference between boorish and poorish

is that boorish is behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured while poorish is reasonably poor, quite poor.

boorish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Behaving as a boor; rough in manners; rude; uncultured.

    • Related terms

    * boor * boorishly * boorishness

    poorish

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • reasonably poor, quite poor.