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As adjectives the difference between adamant and rash

is that adamant is firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined while rash is acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.

As nouns the difference between adamant and rash

is that adamant is an imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness while rash is an area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.

As a verb rash is

to prepare with haste.

As a proper noun Rash is

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adamant

English

(wikipedia adamant)

Alternative forms

* adamaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.
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  • An embodiment of impregnable hardness.
  • * 1956 , , The City and the Stars , p 34
    • Unprotected matter, however adamant , would have been ground to dust ages ago.
  • A magnet; a lodestone.
  • * 1594–96 , :
    • You draw me, you hard-hearted adamant :
    But yet you draw not iron, for all my heart
    Is true as steel. Leave you your power to draw,
    And I shall have no power to follow you.

    Derived terms

    * adamance (pos n) * adamantane (pos a) * adamantean (pos a) * adamantine (pos a) * adamantly (pos adv)

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    rash

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rash, .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.
    • rash words spoken in the heat of debate
  • So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
  • (obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I scarce have leisure to salute you, / My matter is so rash .
  • (obsolete) Fast-acting.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.
    Synonyms
    (checksyns) * brash * heady * hotheaded * impulsive * inconsiderate * precipitate
    Derived terms
    * rashness

    Noun

    (rashes)
  • (symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
  • A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend
    • There has been a rash of vandalism lately.
    Synonyms
    (A surge in problems) epidemic
    Derived terms
    * canker rash * diaper rash * heat rash * hiker’s rash * nappy rash * nettle rash * rashguard * rashie * rash vest * reef rash * rose rash * tooth rash
    See also
    * prudent * reckless

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To prepare with haste.
    • (Foxe)

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) , (etyl) Rasch, probably from Arras in France.

    Noun

    (-)
  • An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
    • (John Donne)

    Etymology 3

    For arace

    Verb

    (es)
  • To pull off or pluck violently.
  • To slash; to hack; to slice.
  • * Spenser
    • rashing of helms and riving plates asunder

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