Difference between Appropriate and Propriety

APPROPRIATE vs PROPRIETY: NOUN

Correctness in behaviour and morals
The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness
That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity.
Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.
Individuality; particular or proper state.
Suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; justness; correctness.
Fitness; the quality of being appropriate
That which is proper or peculiar; property; peculiarity.
Peculiar or exclusive right of possession; ownership; possession; property.
The quality of being proper; appropriateness.
Socially correct usages or behaviors.
Conformity to conventional standards of behavior or morality.
Correct or appropriate behavior
An estate; a holding.

Suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
Suitable and fitting
Meant or adapted for an occasion or use
Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
Appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission.
To set apart for a specific use.
To make suitable; to suit.
To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

Set apart for a particular use or person; hence, belonging peculiarly; suitable; fit; befitting; proper.
Synonyms Apt, becoming, in keeping, felicitous.
To take to one's self in exclusion of others; claim or use as by an exclusive right: as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.
In general, to take for any use; put to use.
To set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use, in exclusion of all other purposes or uses: as, Congress appropriated more money than was needed; to appropriate a spot of ground for a garden.
In ecclesiastical law, to annex, as a benefice, to an ecclesiastical corporation, for its perpetual use.

Allow, Congruous, Right, Fit, Congruent, Befitting, Suited, Apropos, Apt, Advantageous, Pertinent, Apposite, Expedient, Suitable, Proper

Decency, Fairness, Lawfulness, Permissibility, Validity, Veracity, Desirability, Prudence, Reasonableness, Integrity, Decorum, Legality, Appropriateness, Correctitude, Properness

Allow, Congruous, Right, Fit, Congruent, Befitting, Suited, Apropos, Apt, Advantageous, Pertinent, Apposite, Expedient, Suitable, Proper

Rightness, Suitability, Expediency, Correctness, Decency, Fairness, Validity, Veracity, Desirability, Prudence, Reasonableness, Integrity, Decorum, Correctitude, Properness

What is appropriate in Cairns is not necessarily appropriate in Brisbane.
Verbal praise or tangible reinforcement for on task or appropriate behavior It may be appropriate to provide students positive reinforcement during testing.
Ensure parts are ordered with appropriate priorities and relay document numbers to the Pro Super, MOC, and appropriate technicians.
The law determines that firms may consider it appropriate to verify the identity of appropriate beneficial owners.
The appraiser will be better able to take appropriate risk management steps, such as obtaining insurance coverage and retaining appropriate records.
Therefore, Program Managers should be careful to use the appropriate standards within contracts, tailored as appropriate for each system.
EEA to conduct appropriate risk assessments and implement appropriate controls as a regulated financial service provider.
Appropriate actions are taken by SIU and reported to the appropriate authorities.
Adequacy of the organization and appropriate resources assigned to assure appropriate training.
Case Managers should determine the most appropriate course of action in consultation with RO management, Legal and, as appropriate, the appropriate RMAS section.

The word is here employed with great propriety.
Cover of the Insurgent (image altered for propriety).
He hates those who are bold without propriety.
All such surmizes we may with propriety ignore.
Discussion is limited to the propriety of postponing.
Fulfilled direction use continual set him propriety continued.
Neither party questions the propriety of this holding.
IPAC transactions, without verifying propriety of the charge.
The Government Communication Propriety Guidance gives more detailed information on how to observe propriety within government communications.
When your parents are alive, serve them with propriety; when they die, bury them with propriety, and then worship them with propriety.