Improper vs Impropriate - What's the difference?
improper | impropriate |
unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt
Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest
Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous
Not consistent with established facts; incorrect
Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction
(obsolete) Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
* J. Fletcher
(obsolete) To appropriate; to limit.
* Jewel
(obsolete) To behave improperly
(Webster 1913)
(obsolete) to appropriate.
* Francis Bacon
In ecclesiastical law, to place ecclesiastical property under control or management of a layperson.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between improper and impropriate
is that improper is (obsolete) to behave improperly while impropriate is (obsolete) to appropriate.As verbs the difference between improper and impropriate
is that improper is (obsolete|transitive) to appropriate; to limit while impropriate is (obsolete) to appropriate.As an adjective improper
is unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt.improper
English
Alternative forms
* impropre (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.
Derived terms
* improper divisor * improper face * improper fit * improper fraction * improper integral * improper motion * improper node * improper orthogonal transformation * improper rotation * improper use * improper workmanshipVerb
(en verb)- He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.
impropriate
English
Verb
(impropriat)- to impropriate the thanks to himself