Improper vs Snide - What's the difference?
improper | snide | Related terms |
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)
Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
Improper is a related term of snide.
As adjectives the difference between improper and snide
is that improper is unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt while snide is disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.As a verb improper
is (obsolete|transitive) to appropriate; to limit.As a noun snide is
an underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat.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.
snide
English
Adjective
(er)- Don't make snide remarks to me.
- He was a snide lawyer.
- I received a shipment of snide goods.