What's the difference between impious and ungodly?

Impious


Definition:

  • (a.) Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language.

Example Sentences:

Ungodly


Definition:

  • (a.) Not godly; not having regard for God; disobedient to God; wicked; impious; sinful.
  • (a.) Polluted by sin or wickedness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In around 100 years time, multi-generational "problem" families will constitute a quarter of the population, sucking in billions of "our" tax dollars and placing "an ungodly burden" on our children and grandchildren, says US psychiatrist Dr Bruce Perry.
  • (2) When we return from dinner at the ungodly hour of 9.20pm, we have to be let in by the night watchman.
  • (3) One European diplomat closely involved with the talks despairs at the "Republican headbangers who cannot resist a chance to damage Obama, believe global warming is based on junk science and regard action on climate change as ungodly because it will delay the second coming".
  • (4) No staring at ceilings at ungodly hours fretting over problems that will be forgotten in weeks; no checking work emails, almost as a nervous tic, when they can wait; no neglecting friendships that sustain and give life meaning.
  • (5) It is 11am and this is his fourth interview of the day, starting at some ungodly hour with a baptism of bosomy fire courtesy of Lorraine Kelly and followed by a stream of ebullient radio presenters.
  • (6) Out of the blue, Josh posted a 1,500-word blog on his own website that criticised everything from the way the band had been put together to the lyrics of Brand New Eyes, which he deemed ungodly.
  • (7) The targeted leaflet , which accuses Labour of undermining Christian values and promoting "ungodly lifestyles", was sent to 24,000 people in the borough.
  • (8) The ungodly screeching you hear are the cogs of Walford's criminal underworld grinding once more into motion.
  • (9) Nor may they play video games rated as suitable for those aged over 10, watch TV programmes rated beyond PG or read potentially “ungodly” periodicals including Esquire, People, Men’s Fitness and ESPN the Magazine.
  • (10) As things stand, we'd be looking at extra-time and penalties, which seem almost inevitable, considering I have to be back here in the office at some ungodly hour to record an extra early edition of Football Weekly Extra podcast .
  • (11) One of my young children wakes me at an ungodly hour before I travel into Shoreditch on my Brompton and the train, where I prepare for the day by meditating and praying.
  • (12) Why we are sat here being oppressed, while people from other tribes are hauling themselves up by their own ungodly efforts and buying three-piece suites.
  • (13) This is the first nomination for Caplan, who told ABC News : “I can safely say that this is one of the few phone calls a person wants to get at an ungodly hour.
  • (14) Aged 41 The motivation and energy the professor has is infectious, and the ungodly hours he keeps.
  • (15) I also know lots of male bakers – but they specialise in muscular sourdoughs, get up at ungodly hours to wrestle with great masses of dough, and most of them are, not to put too fine a point on it, sociopathic loons.