Ambitious vs Procedural - What's the difference?
ambitious | procedural |
Possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction.
* 1891 , , "The Man with the Twisted Lip,"
Strongly desirous—followed by "of" or the infinitive; as, ambitious to be or to do something.
Springing from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition; showy; aspiring.
Hard to achieve.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
, page=13 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Related to procedure.
(computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
(literature) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
* 2000 , Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies (page 35)
As adjectives the difference between ambitious and procedural
is that ambitious is possessing, or controlled by ambition; greatly or inordinately desirous of power, honor, office, superiority, or distinction while procedural is procedural.ambitious
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- As I grew richer I grew more ambitious , took a house in the country, and eventually married, without anyone having a suspicion as to my real occupation.
Ideas coming down the track, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
Usage notes
* Said of people, projects, plans, goals, etc.Derived terms
* ambitiously * ambitiousness * overambitiousReferences
* * * * * "ambitious" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * "
ambitious" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * "
ambitious" in Compact Oxford English Dictionary , (Oxford University Press, 2007)
procedural
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds; it wasn't the facts or the law, it was just they hadn't filed the correct forms.
- a procedural''' texture; '''procedural terrain
Derived terms
* procedurallyNoun
(en noun)- It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form.