Desultory vs Intemperate - What's the difference?
desultory | intemperate | Related terms |
Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence.
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Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject.
Disappointing in performance or progress.
(obsolete) Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.
Lacking moderation, temper or control.
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
Desultory is a related term of intemperate.
As adjectives the difference between desultory and intemperate
is that desultory is jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence while intemperate is lacking moderation, temper or control.As a verb intemperate is
(obsolete|transitive) to disorder.desultory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- To mend the matter, Hamlet's aunt had the family failing of indulging in soliloquy, and held forth in a desultory manner, by herself, on every topic that was introduced.
- He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.
- I teach a class of desultory minds.
- I made a desultory remark while I was talking to my friend.
- She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
Synonyms
* (proceeding without rational order or connection) disconnected; unmethodical; aimlessDerived terms
* desultorilyReferences
*intemperate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- intemperate''' language; '''intemperate zeal
- Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car'' - ''The Week , 14 April 2007, 609 , 4.
