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Indecorum vs Indecency - What's the difference?

indecorum | indecency | Synonyms |

Indecorum is a synonym of indecency.


As nouns the difference between indecorum and indecency

is that indecorum is indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous while indecency is lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.

indecorum

English

Noun

(-)
  • Indecorous behavior, or the state of being indecorous
  • * {{quote-book, year=1823, author=Charles Lamb, title=The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb (Vol. 6), chapter=Letter 305, edition= citation
    • , passage=I hope your eyes are better, but if you must spare them, there is nothing in my pages which a Lady may not read aloud without indecorum , which is more than can be said of Shakspeare . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1917, author=Douglas Fairbanks, title=Laugh and Live, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=This will be done decently and in good order--our training will admit of no indecorum . }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1921, author=Lytton Strachey, title=Queen Victoria, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Not only were its central personages the patterns of propriety, but no breath of scandal, no shadow of indecorum , might approach its utmost boundaries. }} ----

    indecency

    English

    Noun

    (indecencies)
  • lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent
  • something showing lack of decency; something such as a word that is indecent