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Incidental vs Byspeech - What's the difference?

incidental | byspeech |

As nouns the difference between incidental and byspeech

is that incidental is incidental expense while byspeech is an incidental or casual speech not directly relating to the point.

As an adjective incidental

is loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident.

incidental

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident.
    • That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot.
  • Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident).

    • Related terms

    * incident * incidence

    Derived terms

    * incidental expense * incidentally

    Synonyms

    *(existing as an accident) accidental, contingent

    Antonyms

    *(existing as an accident) inevitable, necessary, impossible

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Incidental expense.
    • She's costing us a lot in incidentals .

    Anagrams

    * ----

    byspeech

    English

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (byspeeches)
  • An incidental or casual speech not directly relating to the point.
  • *2008 , Heliopolitan, My Archbishop is a 'false teacher' says priest , http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/2008/07/my_archbishop_is_a_false_teach.html:
    • That notwithstanding, I would of course suggest that the whole damn corpus is a "byspeech ", and morality and ethical conduct come from much more reliable sources - our experience and application of our social relationships that do not require the alleged authority of a text or an imaginary supreme lawgiver.