Uneasy vs Gauche - What's the difference?
uneasy | gauche |
(rare) Not easy; difficult.
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=17 Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling.
*19th century , (1793-1860), The Spirit Court of Practice and Pretence :
*:Seeking by vulgar pomp and gauche display
*:In 'good society', to make her way
* 1879 , George Meredith, The Egoist ,
*1895 , H.G. Wells, The Wonderful Visit , :
*:"He's a trifle gauche'" said Lady Hammergallow, jumping upon the Vicar's attention. "He neither bows nor smiles. He must cultivate oddities like that. Every successful executant is more or less ' gauche ."
(mathematics, archaic) Skewed, not plane.
(chemistry) Describing a torsion angle of 60°
As adjectives the difference between uneasy and gauche
is that uneasy is (rare) not easy; difficult or uneasy can be restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed while gauche is awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling.uneasy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) unesy, equivalent to ; see uneath.Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
From (etyl) unesy, . More at .Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
- I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
gauche
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She looked a trifle gauche , it struck me; more like a country girl with the hoyden taming in her than the well-bred creature she is.