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Ignominious vs Coarse - What's the difference?

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Ignominious is a related term of coarse.


As adjectives the difference between ignominious and coarse

is that ignominious is marked by shame or disgrace while coarse is composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.

ignominious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Marked by shame or disgrace.
  • *1902 , Thomas Ebenezer Webb, The Mystery of William Shakespeare: A Summary of Evidence , page 242:
    • Greene died of a debauch; and Marlowe, the gracer of tragedians, perished in an ignominious brawl.
  • *
    • In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.

    Synonyms

    * debasing * degrading * humiliating

    Derived terms

    * ignominiously

    Related terms

    * ignominy

    coarse

    English

    (wikipedia coarse)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
  • Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy;
    • coarse manners
    coarse language

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "coarse" is often applied: language, particle, grain, graining, sand, powder, gravel, grit, salt, gold, thread, hair, cloth, grid, aggregate, texture, grass, fish, angling, fishing.

    Synonyms

    * (of inferior quality ): thick, rough, sharp, hard * (not refined ): rough, rude, uncouth, blunt, unpolished, inelegant, indelicate, vulgar, gritty, obscene, crass

    Antonyms

    * (of inferior quality ): fine

    Derived terms

    * coarsely * coarsen * coarseness

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