Impertinent vs Intrusive - What's the difference?
impertinent | intrusive | Synonyms |
insolent, ill-mannered
* Tillotson
* Jeremy Taylor
irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)
An impertinent individual.
* (Maria Edgeworth)
Tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.
(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
(geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
Impertinent is a synonym of intrusive.
As adjectives the difference between impertinent and intrusive
is that impertinent is insolent, ill-mannered while intrusive is tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.As nouns the difference between impertinent and intrusive
is that impertinent is an impertinent individual while intrusive is (geology) an igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock.impertinent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- things that are impertinent to us
- How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
Usage notes
Although, historically, definition 2 was the original (derived from the French below) usage; meaning gradually changed to definition 1. More recently general usage has come to, once again, incorporate definition 2. As many older speakers will consider definition 2 incorrect, avoiding the word altogether may be advisable. The construction "not pertinent" is one possible alternative.Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- comfortably recessed from curious impertinents
intrusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive ?