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Inapposite vs Inadequate - What's the difference?

inapposite | inadequate |

As adjectives the difference between inapposite and inadequate

is that inapposite is inappropriate, not suitable for the situation while inadequate is .

inapposite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • inappropriate, not suitable for the situation
  • * 1817, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria
    • This remark, so ludicrously inapposite to, or rather, incongruous with, the purpose, for which I was known to have visited Birmingham, ... produced an involuntary and general burst of laughter;

    inadequate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate .