Taboo vs Inappropriate - What's the difference?
taboo | inappropriate |
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
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(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
Culturally forbidden.
Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.
As adjectives the difference between taboo and inappropriate
is that taboo is excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention while inappropriate is not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, and/or place.As a noun taboo
is an inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.As a verb taboo
is to mark as taboo.taboo
English
(wikipedia taboo)Alternative forms
* tabuNoun
(en noun)- The sharp differentiation of the sexes in our culture was shaped most probably by monogamy and monosexuality and their tabus .
Adjective
(en adjective)- Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.
Anagrams
*inappropriate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is inappropriate to burp at a formal dinner.
- "While PDA or sexual irresponsibility may be considered unsuitable, it is not inappropriate for teenagers in a relationship and nearly of legal age to talk alone."