Difference between Rude and Insulting

RUDE vs INSULTING: ADJECTIVE

Lacking education or refinement.
Vigorous or robust.
Unpleasantly forceful or harsh.
In a natural, raw state.
Crude, unfinished, or made with limited skill.
Undeveloped or uncivilized; primitive.
Ill-mannered, discourteous, or insulting.
(of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Socially incorrect in behavior
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.
Tough, robust.
Obscene, pornographic, offensive.
Bad mannered.
Not finished or complete; inelegant; lacking chasteness or elegance; not in good taste; unsatisfactory in mode of treatment; -- said of literature, language, style, and the like.
Barbarous; fierce; bloody; impetuous; -- said of war, conflict, and the like; as, the rude shock of armies.
Violent; tumultuous; boisterous; inclement; harsh; severe; -- said of the weather, of storms, and the like.
Of untaught manners; unpolished; of low rank; uncivil; clownish; ignorant; raw; unskillful; -- said of persons, or of conduct, skill, and the like.
Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things.
Lacking civility or good manners
Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse.

Marked, by incivility; contrary to the requirements of. courtesy: as, rude conduct; a rude remark.
Rough; tempestuous; stormy: as, a rude gale; rude weather.
Robust; sturdy; rugged; vigorous.
Synonyms Ill-shaped, raw, uncouth, unformed.
7 and Vulgar, loutish, boorish, ill-bred, insolent, surly, churlish, gruff, brusk.
Harsh, inclement, violent, turbulent.
Marked by or expressing fierceness or savageness; ferocious, fierce, or cruel in quality.
Having a fierce or cruel disposition; ferocious; sanguinary; savage; brutal.
Barbarous; uncivilized; unpolished; ignorant.
Mean; humble; little known or regarded; hence, as said of persons, low by birth or position.
Lacking cultivation, refinement, or elegance; clumsy; uncouth: as, rude verses; rude art.
Rough; crude; unwrought; unfashioned; ill-fashioned; without finish or shapeliness: as, a rude mass of material.
Ill-bred; boorish; uncivil; discourteous; impolite.
Rudely.

Ill mannered, Lowbred, Bounderish, Underbred, Early, Natural, Unprocessed, Raw, Crude, Primitive, Unrefined, Unmannered, Uncivil, Unmannerly, Impolite

Impugning, Disgraceful, Offended, Rude, Vulgar, Derogatory, Demeaning, Offensive, Disdainful, Opprobrious, Scornful, Abusive, Scurrilous, Contemptuous, Disrespectful

Lowbred, Ill mannered, Ill bred, Bounderish, Early, Natural, Unprocessed, Raw, Crude, Primitive, Unrefined, Unmannered, Uncivil, Unmannerly, Impolite

Impugning, Disgraceful, Offended, Rude, Vulgar, Derogatory, Demeaning, Offensive, Disdainful, Opprobrious, Scornful, Abusive, Scurrilous, Contemptuous, Disrespectful

Some of the comments on here are rude.
During this time her tone became increasingly rude.
They may be rude, anxious, or downright aggressive.
Horrible Experience, other kids were rude and privileged.
For those of you saying its rude its not rude it happens especially if you are a single parent.
The workers were rude on deliver and rude on the times we did carry out!
It may seem rude, but, you need a final head count and if they have not replied, then they are actually the rude ones!
If some customer was rude, you gained nothing by being rude in return and were likely to put off anyone else within earshot.
Telling people they are rude is generally not very useful, as well as being rude itself.
Catcalling and rude remarks and rude noises are a constant at women.

Turkish Group Accuses German Paper of Insulting Islam.
Camilla says several more insulting things and leaves.
This has quite an insulting feel to it.
What a rude and insulting proposition that is.
It feels artificial, and sometimes a bit insulting.
The Republicans, in their turn, considered this insulting.
It was insulting to the industry and insulting to the workers it employs.
INSULTING, DEFAMATORY, OR OBSCENE LANGUAGEMembers of the department shall not use insulting, defamatory or obscenelanguage in the performance of their duties.
Drop all prosecutions and investigations for insulting speech and establish a clear policy that insulting someone, in itself, is never a criminal offense.
Throughout the year the government arrested several individuals on charges such as insulting the emir, insulting leaders of neighboring countries, or insulting the judiciary.