What's the difference between indecorous and indecorousness?

Indecorous


Definition:

  • (a.) Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; as, indecorous conduct.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But now the precocious five-year-old has met his match in the form of Indonesian regulators, who have declared his antics as “borderline pornography” and warned broadcasters to censor images of his bare buttocks, scantily clad women and other indecorous scenes.
  • (2) The BBC's economics editor hadn't done anything nearly so indecorous, you understand.

Indecorousness


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But now the precocious five-year-old has met his match in the form of Indonesian regulators, who have declared his antics as “borderline pornography” and warned broadcasters to censor images of his bare buttocks, scantily clad women and other indecorous scenes.
  • (2) The BBC's economics editor hadn't done anything nearly so indecorous, you understand.

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