Impertinent vs Sassy - What's the difference?
impertinent | sassy |
insolent, ill-mannered
* Tillotson
* Jeremy Taylor
irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)
An impertinent individual.
* (Maria Edgeworth)
Impudent.
* 2007 , John Wood Sweet, Bodies Politic (page 303)
Bold and spirited; cheeky.
Somewhat sexy and provocative.
Vigorous.
Lively.
* 2012 , Jeff Koehler, Morocco: A Culinary Journey (page 10)
As adjectives the difference between impertinent and sassy
is that impertinent is insolent, ill-mannered while sassy is impudent.As a noun impertinent
is an impertinent individual.impertinent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- things that are impertinent to us
- How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
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 alsoNoun
(en noun)- comfortably recessed from curious impertinents
sassy
English
Adjective
(er)- Many other jokes featured sassy servants besting their masters by playing dumb and taking instructions overly literally — another trope common in English servant jokes.
- Olives and preserved lemons add sassy tartness to salads, chicken tagines, and fish dishes