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Impertinence vs Boldness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between impertinence and boldness

is that impertinence is lack of pertinence; irrelevance while boldness is the state of being bold; courage.

impertinence

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
  • (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
  • (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
  • insolence.

    • boldness

    English

    (wikipedia boldness)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The state of being bold; courage.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
    • Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward)
  • presumptuousness
  • (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

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