Difference between Decorous and Decent

DECOROUS vs DECENT: ADJECTIVE

Marked by proper behavior.
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting
Characterized by or exhibiting decorum; proper.
Characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
According with custom or propriety

Kind or obliging.
Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality.
According with custom or propriety
Enough to meet a purpose
Conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
Decently clothed
Observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
Morally upright; moral or respectable.
Sufficient for the purpose
Significant; substantial.
Fair; good enough; okay.
Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying
Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly.
Properly or modestly dressed.
Suitable; fitting.
Fairly good; acceptable; satisfactory.
Free from indelicacy or obscenity; clean.
Showing thoughtfulness or consideration.
Comely; shapely; well-formed.

Characterized by or conspicuous for decorum; proper; decent; especially (of persons), formally polite and proper in speech and conduct.
Synonyms Fit, seemly, comely, orderly, appropriate.

Refined or virtuous
Meeting requirements
Sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public
In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
In the right manner; correctly; suitably
Becoming, fit, or suitable in words, behavior, dress, etc.; proper; seemly; decorous.
Specifically Proper with regard to modesty; free from indelicacy; conformable to some standard of modesty.
Moderate; respectable; fair; tolerable; passable; good enough: as, a decent fortune; he made a very decent appearance.

Mannered, Demure, Polite, Mannerly, Gentlemanly, Genteel, In good taste, Becoming, Decent, Proper, Comely, Comme il faut, Staid, Sedate, Seemly

Becoming, The right way, Comme il faut, Seemly, Properly, Decorous, Comely, Right, Sufficient, Proper, Adequate, Enough, Modest, Nice, Respectable

Mannered, Demure, Polite, Mannerly, Gentlemanly, Genteel, In good taste, Becoming, Decent, Proper, Comely, Comme il faut, Staid, Sedate, Seemly

Good, Becoming, Comme il faut, Seemly, Properly, Decorous, Comely, Right, Sufficient, Proper, Adequate, Enough, Modest, Nice, Respectable

To make this meaningless life more dignified and decorous, choices are to be made.
The public wants free and open, yet decorous, discussion on bills and other measures.
Parliaments, and which were designed to secure decorous and orderly debate.
Unsufferable to find tabu any detailed plans on the net for devising decorous studio desks.
On the way they had a dull, decorous lunch at an inn.
Becoming, suitable, fit, proper, right, meet, seemly, appropriate, congruous, decorous.
Katherine of Braganza was still decorous, though not irreproachable.
Urbane; polite: respectful: kind; obliging; decorous; decent: courteous.
SYN: true, exact, faultless, accurate, proper, decorous, right.
Proper, becoming, fit, befitting, suitable, decorous, seemly, comely.

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Honestly, decent hot chocolate and a decent gift might have made it worth it but sadly, they skimped and it ruined the experience.
Thus these convicts were attempted, under fraudulent papers and decent wigs, to be set off as decent servants and especially when surmounted with wigs.
Man is accused of being humane and decent, but what they have done to me is not humane nor decent.
Decent course I have played course a few times and it is always decent and never crowded.
Fixed wireless might still be the new kid on the technology block, but it offers decent internet speeds for a pretty decent price.
There is also the need for decent ventilation in order to keep the animal cool with decent air flow.
Empowering people help achieve full empowerment and decent work because all those who have been empowered through their education orto find decent jobs.
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