Desperate vs Crucial - What's the difference?
desperate | crucial | Related terms |
Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.
* (William Shakespeare)
* , chapter=16
, title= Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.
* Macaulay
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
* (William Shakespeare)
* Macaulay
Extremely intense.
Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.
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, title= (label) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music.
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As adjectives the difference between desperate and crucial
is that desperate is being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless while crucial is being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.desperate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Since his exile she hath despised me most, / Forsworn my company and rail'd at me, / That I am desperate of obtaining her.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”}}
- desperate expedients
- a desperate offendress against nature
- the most desperate of reprobates
Derived terms
* desperationAnagrams
* ----crucial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Nicole Vulser
Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies, passage=The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial , but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.}}