What's the difference between malapropism and malapropos?

Malapropism


Definition:

  • (n.) A grotesque misuse of a word; a word so used.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) My mum, Olwen, was a bright and talkative woman who loved a gossip and a story, and was given slightly to malapropisms.
  • (2) Her Mrs Malaprop in Belgrade Theatre's touring production of Sheridan's The Rivals was hailed as "the play's vociferous focal point".
  • (3) In some patients, the combinative ambiguity or malapropism expresses the fear of reprisal through the transformation into a self-inflicted injury.
  • (4) The point is malapropisms and mispronunciations are fairly common.

Malapropos


Definition:

  • (a. & adv.) Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.

Example Sentences:

Words possibly related to "malapropos"