Controlled vs Nerveless - What's the difference?
controlled | nerveless |
Lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly.
(biology) Lacking a nervous system.
Devoid of nerves: calm, controlled, cool under pressure.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 28
, author=Jamie Jackson
, title=Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal
, work=the Guardian
As adjectives the difference between controlled and nerveless
is that controlled is inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions while nerveless is lacking nerve: fearful; cowardly.As a verb controlled
is (control).nerveless
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=There was no distracting Rosol's ice-calm as he killed the fifth set and match. Ace, cross-court forehand winner, ace, forehand winner – a blistering eighth game took him to 5-3 and informed Nadal precisely how nerveless the Czech was.}}