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Incongruity vs Jarringness - What's the difference?

incongruity | jarringness |

As nouns the difference between incongruity and jarringness

is that incongruity is the state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence while jarringness is the state or condition of being jarring; ugly 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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    jarringness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being jarring; ugly incongruity.
  • * 1968 , Harold Osborne, Aesthetics in the modern world
    • ...the judgement that sees banality or feebleness and jarringness in what previously seemed entirely harmonious and well-expressed...