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Hubris vs Impertinent - What's the difference?

hubris | impertinent |

As nouns the difference between hubris and impertinent

is that hubris is (excessive pride or arrogance) while impertinent is an impertinent individual.

As an adjective impertinent is

insolent, ill-mannered.

hubris

English

(wikipedia hubris)

Noun

  • Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

    • See also

    * sophrosyne

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    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

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    Noun

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