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Indiscretion vs Absurdity - What's the difference?

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Indiscretion is a related term of absurdity.


As nouns the difference between indiscretion and absurdity

is that indiscretion is indiscretion while absurdity is (obsolete|rare) dissonance .

indiscretion

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Noun

(en noun)
  • The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence; rashness.
  • An indiscreet or imprudent act; indiscreet behavior.
  • A brief sexual liaison.

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    absurdity

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    Noun

  • (obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
  • (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
  • * His travels were full of absurdities . - Johnson
  • (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
  • * The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number. -
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    • Neither [Jones] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority."

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