Illiterate vs Churlish - What's the difference?
illiterate | churlish | Related terms |
Unable to read and write.
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic
* 1996 , Jeet Heer, Gravitas , Autumn 1996
rude, surly, ungracious
stingy or grudging
(of soil) difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable
*1730–1774 , Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
*:Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread,t
*:And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.
Illiterate is a related term of churlish.
As adjectives the difference between illiterate and churlish
is that illiterate is unable to read and write while churlish is of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.As a noun illiterate
is an illiterate person, one not able to read.illiterate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* ignorant * unletteredAntonyms
* literateDerived terms
* illiteracy * illiterately * illiteratenessReferences
* (EtymOnLine)churlish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [...] the eloquence and truth of his tribute stands in marked contrast to Kramer's churlish caricature of Kael as a happy pig wallowing in the dirt.
