Difference between Pertinent and Apposite

What is the difference between Pertinent and Apposite?

Pertinent as an adjective is relevant to a subject or matter. while Apposite as an adjective is appropriate, relevant, well-suited; fit

Pertinent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: relevant to a subject or matter.

Example sentence: There's a lot of places where the image of a cube as a thing of power is pertinent. I don't know why that is. I don't have any mythic explanation for it, but it seems to work for people.

Apposite

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: appropriate, relevant, well-suited; fitPositioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something that is apposite

We hope you now know whether to use Pertinent or Apposite in your sentence.

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