Deliberately vs Spontaneous - What's the difference?
deliberately | spontaneous |
Intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.
Taking one's time, slowly and carefully.
Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint
arising from a momentary impulse
controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
produced without being planted or without human labor]]; [[endemic, indigenous
Random.
Sudden, without warning.
As an adverb deliberately
is intentionally, or after deliberation; not accidentally.As an adjective spontaneous is
self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.deliberately
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- He deliberately broke that, didn't he?
- After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.
spontaneous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He made a spontaneous offer of help.
- a spontaneous growth of wood