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Inauspicious vs Inopportune - What's the difference?

inauspicious | inopportune |

As adjectives the difference between inauspicious and inopportune

is that inauspicious is not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable while inopportune is unsuitable for some particular purpose.

inauspicious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
  • * 1595 : And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars. — .
  • * Inauspicious love. — .
  • * 1788 : It is not to be wondered at that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer. — .

    • Antonyms

    * auspicious

    Derived terms

    * inauspiciously * inauspiciousness

    inopportune

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unsuitable for some particular purpose
    • That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
    • "It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam," said he, "when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to install myself here till he returns."
  • at an inconvenient or inappropriate time
    • The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation.

    Antonyms

    * opportune