Opportune vs. Importune — What's the Difference?

Suited or right for a particular purpose

To make an earnest request of (someone), especially insistently or repeatedly

Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time

To ask for (something) urgently or repeatedly.

Suitable for some particular purpose.

To annoy; vex.

At a convenient or advantageous time.

To plead or urge irksomely, often persistently.

Convenient; ready; hence, seasonable; timely.

Importunate.

To suit.

To bother, irritate, trouble.

Suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose;

To harass with persistent requests.

At a convenient or suitable time;

To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.

(obsolete) To import; to signify.

(obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.

(obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.

(obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.

Inopportune; unseasonable.

Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious solicitation.

To request or solicit, with urgency; to press with frequent, unreasonable, or troublesome application or pertinacity; hence, to tease; to irritate; to worry.

To import; to signify.

To require; to demand.

Beg persistently and urgently;