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Incongruity vs Incongruence - What's the difference?

incongruity | incongruence |

As nouns the difference between incongruity and incongruence

is that incongruity is the state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence while incongruence is a want of congruence; incongruity.

incongruity

English

Noun

(incongruities)
  • The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
  • An instance or point of disagreement; a dissimilarity; a discrepancy; an inconsistency.
  • A thing that is incongruous.

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    incongruence

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia incongruence) (en noun)
  • a want of congruence; incongruity.
  • out of place, absurd