Cheek vs Impertinent - What's the difference?
cheek | impertinent |
(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.
(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.
(in plural) The branches of a bridle bit.
(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.
insolent, ill-mannered
* Tillotson
* Jeremy Taylor
irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)
An impertinent individual.
* (Maria Edgeworth)
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)- You’ve got some cheek , asking me for money!
- the cheeks''' of a vice; the '''cheeks of a gun carriage
- (Knight)
Synonyms
* (side of the face) wang * (impudence) impertinence, impudence, brass neck (slang), nerve (informal), sass * (gena) genaDerived terms
* cheeked * cheekbone * cheeky * free cheek * fixed cheek * turn the other cheekSee also
* buccal * genalimpertinent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- things that are impertinent to us
- How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
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 alsoNoun
(en noun)- comfortably recessed from curious impertinents