Difference between Incongruous and Inconsistent

INCONGRUOUS vs INCONSISTENT: ADJECTIVE

Lacking in harmony; incompatible.
Not in agreement, as with principles; inconsistent.
Not in keeping with what is correct, proper, or logical; inappropriate.
Not congruous; reciprocally disagreeing; not capable of harmonizing or readily assimilating; inharmonious; inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting; inconsistent; improper
Two numbers, which, with respect to a third, are such that their difference can not be divided by it without a remainder, the two numbers being said to be incongruous with respect to the third; as, twenty and twenty-five are incongruous with respect to four.
Not similar or congruent; not matching or fitting in.
Lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

Not capable of being made consistent or harmonious
Not in agreement
Displaying or marked by a lack of consistency, especially.
Not regular or predictable; erratic.
Lacking in correct logical relation; contradictory.
Not in agreement or harmony; incompatible.
Not solvable for the unknowns by the same set of values. Used of two or more equations or inequalities.
Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; contradictory, or having contradictory implications; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous.
Not exhibiting uniformity of sentiment, steadiness to principle, etc.; unequal; fickle; changeable.
Not consistent
Displaying a lack of consistency

In the theory of numbers, not congruent: thus, 7 and 8 are incongruous to the modulus 3, giving different remainders when divided by the modulus.
Not congruous; incapable of reciprocally fitting and agreeing; unsuited or unsuitable; inharmonious.
Consisting of inappropriate parts, or of parts not fitly put together; disjointed: as, an incongruous story.
Synonyms Inconsistent, etc. (see incompatible), unsuitable, unsuited, unfit, inappropriate, ill-matched, out of keeping.

Synonyms Incongruous, etc. See incompatible. Contradictory. etc. See contrary.
Lacking self-agreement or uniformity; self-contradicting.
Not consistent in conception or in fact; wanting coherence or agreement; discordant; discrepant.

Preposterous, Odd, Unlogical, Out or keeping, Discrepant, Inconsistent, Unreasonable, Inappropriate, Unfitting, Incompatible, Ironical, Illogical, Inharmonious, Ironic, Absurd

Consistent, Inconsistency, Unreconcilable, Self contradictory, At odds, Unreconciled, Unconformable, Irreconcilable, Incongruous, Discrepant, Incompatible, Conflicting, Uneven, Spotty, Contradictory

Preposterous, Odd, Unlogical, Out or keeping, Discrepant, Inconsistent, Unreasonable, Inappropriate, Unfitting, Incompatible, Ironical, Illogical, Inharmonious, Ironic, Absurd

Consistent, Inconsistency, Unreconcilable, Self contradictory, At odds, Unreconciled, Unconformable, Irreconcilable, Incongruous, Discrepant, Incompatible, Conflicting, Uneven, Spotty, Contradictory

This applies to inconsistent verdicts between codefendants, too.
Thus, findings from large randomized trials are inconsistent.
The inconsistent stories with the evidence, which continued up until the end to be inconsistent with the evidence.
Inconsistent verdicts can take the form of interrogatory questions being inconsistent with the verdict or with verdicts being inconsiste nt.
These bylaws must neither be inconsistent with this constitution nor be inconsistent with the responsibilities and rights of secondary school students of Fairfax County.
PCS model, we imposed a preference order by specifying the introduced inconsistent choices, and then observed whether the DS procedure found the inconsistent choices.
Taken as a whole, they reveal inconsistent ACAA implementation by the airline industry and weak, inconsistent enforcement of the law by DOT.
The decentralized surveydistribution through Peace Corps postsresulted inthe inconsistent timingof the survey launchand inconsistent timing and number of survey followups.
Conduct inconsistent with the testimony of a witness, may be shown as well as former statements thus inconsistent.
This canresult in confusion for users, increased complexity inextract processes and inconsistent results from queriesif hierarchies become inconsistent.