Impudence vs Impertinence - What's the difference?
impudence | impertinence | Related terms |
The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
Impudent language, conduct or behavior.
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, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 (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.
Impudence is a related term of impertinence.
As nouns the difference between impudence and impertinence
is that impudence is the quality of being impudent, not showing due respect while impertinence is (uncountable) lack of pertinence; irrelevance.impudence
English
Noun
(-)citation, passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence .}}