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Earthy vs Improper - What's the difference?

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Earthy is a related term of improper.


As adjectives the difference between earthy and improper

is that earthy is resembling dirt or soil (ie earth) while improper is unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.

As a verb improper is

(obsolete|transitive) to appropriate; to limit.

earthy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).
    • The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.
  • Down to earth, un-artificed, natural.
    • She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.
  • Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
  • Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.

    Anagrams

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    improper

    English

    Alternative forms

    * impropre (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt
  • Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest
  • Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous
  • Not consistent with established facts; incorrect
  • Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction
  • (obsolete) Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
  • * J. Fletcher
    • Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.

    Derived terms

    * improper divisor * improper face * improper fit * improper fraction * improper integral * improper motion * improper node * improper orthogonal transformation * improper rotation * improper use * improper workmanship

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To appropriate; to limit.
  • * Jewel
    • He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.
  • (obsolete) To behave improperly
    • (Webster 1913)