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Decorum vs Indecorous - What's the difference?

decorum | indecorous |

As a noun decorum

is decorum.

As an adjective indecorous is

improper, immodest or indecent.

decorum

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
  • * 2010 — , This Isn't What It Looks Like , ch. 4
    • It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.
  • (countable) A convention of social behavior

    • Related terms

    * decorous

    indecorous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • improper, immodest or indecent