Apropos vs. Appropriate — What's the Difference?

Fitting and to the point.

Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.

At an appropriate time; opportunely.

To set apart for a specific use

By the way; incidentally

To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission

With regard to; concerning

Suitable or fit; proper.

Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.

Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

By the way, incidental

(obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.

Regarding or concerning.

(transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.

By the way.

(transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.

Timely; at a good time.

To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).

To the purpose; appropriately.

To make suitable to; to suit.

Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.

Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; - a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.

To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

Of an appropriate or pertinent nature

To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; - with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

By the way;

To make suitable; to suit.

At an opportune time;

To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

A property; attribute.

Give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause;

Take possession of by force, as after an invasion;

Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc;

Appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness

Meant or adapted for an occasion or use;

Suitable and fitting;

Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence;