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Incongruent vs Inconsistent - What's the difference?

incongruent | inconsistent |

As adjectives the difference between incongruent and inconsistent

is that incongruent is out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent while inconsistent is not consistent.

incongruent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • out of place, incompatible, inharmonious, not congruent
    • The yellow blazer was incongruent for the funeral.
    Her knowledge of world politics was incongruent in someone so young.
  • (mathematics) of or relating to two numbers that have different remainders when divided by a third number

    • Synonyms

    * incongruous, absurd, inappropriate

    See also

    * anachronistic ----

    inconsistent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not consistent

    • Anagrams

    * ----