Capricious vs Skittish - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between capricious and skittish

is that capricious is impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim while skittish is easily scared or startled; timid.

(en adjective)

Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim

I almost died in a capricious winter storm.

Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously .

The Mayor claimed that the action was reasonable, but in reality the action was arbitrary and capricious in nature.

* Capricious can describe both a person and the decisions they make.

* whimsical * arbitrary

* conscientious * rigorous

* capriciously

(en adjective)

Easily scared or startled; timid.

The cat likes people he knows, but he is skittish around strangers.

wanton; changeable; fickle

Skittish Fortune's hall. — Shakespeare.

* spookish * jumpy * squirrelly

* skittishly * skittishness