List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 199

SYNONYMS: inconsistent, incongruous, incompatible, discordant, uncongenial, discrepant.
These adjectives mean being in marked disagreement.

Inconsistent implies lack of uniformity, as in overall purpose, design, or content: Occasional hostility is inconsistent with true friendship.
Incongruous suggests a lack of harmony and especially a lack of suitability or appropriateness, as between one person or thing and another: Negotiating with terrorists is incongruous with national policy.
Incompatible implies conflict or an inability to coexist, as between persons of differing temperaments or things marked by fundamental differences or contradictions: Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name, liberty.
Discordant implies a clash, as of temperaments, opinions, or principles: Imagination reveals itself in the balance or reconciliation of opposite or discordant qualities.
Uncongenial suggests a lack of sympathy, as in character or nature: Real political thinking is uncongenial to American political discourse.
Discrepant stresses divergence where similarity or consistency is expected: The two witnesses gave widely discrepant testimony.