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Apprehensive vs Tentative - What's the difference?

apprehensive | tentative |

As adjectives the difference between apprehensive and tentative

is that apprehensive is anticipating something with anxiety or fear while tentative is of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.

As a noun tentative is

a trial; an experiment.

apprehensive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
  • * 1719 ,
    • this convinced me that there was no going on shore for us in the night on that coast, and how to venture on shore in the day was another question too; for to have fallen into the hands of any of the savages had been as bad as to have fallen into the hands of the lions and tigers; at least we were equally apprehensive of the danger of it.
  • Perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect.
  • * 1670 ,
    • More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.

    Derived terms

    * apprehensively

    tentative

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A trial; an experiment.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
  • Uncertain; subject to future change.

    • Derived terms

    * tentativeness

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    Anagrams

    * attentive ----