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Imprudence vs Asininity - What's the difference?

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Imprudence is a related term of asininity.


In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between imprudence and asininity

is that imprudence is (uncountable) the quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness while asininity is (uncountable) the quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity.

In countable|lang=en terms the difference between imprudence and asininity

is that imprudence is (countable) an imprudent act while asininity is (countable) an asinine remark, behaviour, etc.

As nouns the difference between imprudence and asininity

is that imprudence is (uncountable) the quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness while asininity is (uncountable) the quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity.

imprudence

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness.
  • (countable) An imprudent act.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1753, author=Theophilus Cibber, title=The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=At about the age of twenty-three, to crown his other imprudences , he married, without improving his reduced circumstances thereby. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1891, author=Francois Coppee, title=Ten Tales, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Yes, for six months he threw all his medicines in the fire, and designedly committed all sorts of imprudences . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1903, author=S.C. Hill, title=Three Frenchmen in Bengal, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=This man finally fell a victim to his diplomacies, perhaps also to his imprudences . }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1906 – 1921 , author= , title= , volume=1 , chapter=Encounter , passage=He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.}}

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    asininity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being asinine; obstinate stupidity
  • (countable) An asinine remark, behaviour, etc.