Callous vs Churlish - What's the difference?
callous | churlish |
Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
Having calluses.
of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic
* 1996 , Jeet Heer, Gravitas , Autumn 1996
rude, surly, ungracious
stingy or grudging
(of soil) difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable
*1730–1774 , Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
*:Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread,t
*:And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.
As adjectives the difference between callous and churlish
is that callous is emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others while churlish is of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.callous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.
Synonyms
* heartless * insensitivechurlish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [...] the eloquence and truth of his tribute stands in marked contrast to Kramer's churlish caricature of Kael as a happy pig wallowing in the dirt.
