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Decisive vs Hazardous - What's the difference?

decisive | hazardous | Related terms |

Decisive is a related term of hazardous.


As adjectives the difference between decisive and hazardous

is that decisive is while hazardous is risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.

decisive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
    • ''A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive .}}
  • Marked by promptness and decision.
    • A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.

    Synonyms

    * decided * positive * conclusive

    Antonyms

    * indecisive

    Derived terms

    * decisively * decisiveness

    Related terms

    * decidable * decided

    References

    * (Webster 1913) * ----

    hazardous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
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  • (rfc-sense) Exposing to loss or evil.
  • Of or involving chance.

    • Derived terms

    * hazardously * ultrahazardous