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Impertinent vs Brassy - What's the difference?

impertinent | brassy | Synonyms |

Impertinent is a synonym of brassy.


As adjectives the difference between impertinent and brassy

is that impertinent is insolent, ill-mannered while brassy is resembling brass.

As nouns the difference between impertinent and brassy

is that impertinent is an impertinent individual while brassy is same as brassie .

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

    * See also

    Noun

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

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling brass.
    • The cup had a brassy color.
  • (informal) Impudent; impudently bold.
    • Don't get brassy with me, young lady!

    Related terms

    * brass * brazen

    Noun

    (brassies)
  • Same as brassie
    • English heteronyms