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Profanity vs Impudent - What's the difference?

profanity | impudent |

As a noun profanity

is (uncountable) the quality of being profane.

As an adjective impudent is

not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced.

profanity

English

(wikipedia profanity)

Alternative forms

* prophanity (qualifier)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being profane.
  • (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author= Sam Leith
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=37, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Where the profound meets the profane , passage=Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity ", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.}}

    impudent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced
    • The impudent children would not stop talking in class.

    Synonyms

    * bold * brazen-faced * impertinent * See also