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Congruous vs. Incongruous

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Congruousadjective

Corresponding in character.

Incongruousadjective

Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.

Congruousadjective

Harmonious.

Incongruousadjective

(math) Of two numbers, with respect to a third, such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder.

‘20 and 25 are incongruous with respect to 4.’;

Congruousadjective

Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent.

‘Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry.’; ‘It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth.’;

Incongruousadjective

Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper; as, an incongruous remark; incongruous behavior, action, dress, etc.

‘Incongruous denotes that kind of absence of harmony or suitableness of which the taste and experience of men takes cognizance.’;

Congruousadjective

corresponding in character or kind

Incongruousadjective

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness;

‘a plan incongruous with reason’; ‘incongruous behavior’; ‘a joke that was incongruous with polite conversation’;

Congruousadjective

suitable or appropriate together

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