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Inappropriate vs Abhorrent - What's the difference?

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Inappropriate is a related term of abhorrent.


As adjectives the difference between inappropriate and abhorrent

is that inappropriate is not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place while abhorrent is (archaic) inconsistent with; far removed from; strongly opposed to, as, abhorrent thoughts .

inappropriate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.
  • It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.
    "While PDA or sexual irresponsibility may be considered unsuitable, it is not inappropriate for teenagers in a relationship and nearly of legal age to talk alone."

    Synonyms

    * out of line * unfit * unsuitable

    Derived terms

    * inappropriately * inappropriateness

    abhorrent

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (archaic) Inconsistent with; far removed from; strongly opposed to, as, abhorrent thoughts.
  • *
  • Contrary to; discordant.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1827, author=, title=The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire
  • , passage=This legal, and, as it should seem, injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to out stricter principles, was received with a very faint murmur, ... , url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rwoMAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Injudicious%20profanation%2C%20so%20abhorrent%20to%20our%20stricter%20principles.%22&pg=PA82
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  • Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
  • Detestable or repugnant.
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  • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which abhorrent is often applied: behavior, act, crime, practice, thing. * (opposed) abhorrent'' is typically folled by ''from . * (contrary) abhorrent'' is followed by ''to .

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