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Cheek vs Impertinent - What's the difference?

cheek | impertinent |

As a proper noun cheek

is .

As an adjective impertinent is

insolent, ill-mannered.

As a noun impertinent is

an impertinent individual.

cheek

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
  • (informal, usually, in the plural) A buttock.
  • (informal) Impudence.
  • You’ve got some cheek , asking me for money!
  • (biology, informal) One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
  • The pieces of a machine, or of timber or stonework, that form corresponding sides or a similar pair.
  • the cheeks''' of a vice; the '''cheeks of a gun carriage
  • (in plural) The branches of a bridle bit.
  • (Knight)
  • (metalworking) The middle section of a flask, made so that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mould.
  • Synonyms

    * (side of the face) wang * (impudence) impertinence, impudence, brass neck (slang), nerve (informal), sass * (gena) gena

    Derived terms

    * cheeked * cheekbone * cheeky * free cheek * fixed cheek * turn the other cheek

    See also

    * buccal * genal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be impudent towards.
  • Don't cheek me, you little rascal!

    impertinent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • insolent, ill-mannered
  • * Tillotson
  • things that are impertinent to us
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
  • irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)
  • Usage notes

    Although, historically, definition 2 was the original (derived from the French below) usage; meaning gradually changed to definition 1. More recently general usage has come to, once again, incorporate definition 2. As many older speakers will consider definition 2 incorrect, avoiding the word altogether may be advisable. The construction "not pertinent" is one possible alternative.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An impertinent individual.
  • * (Maria Edgeworth)
  • comfortably recessed from curious impertinents
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