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Discourteous vs Precipitous - What's the difference?

discourteous | precipitous |

As adjectives the difference between discourteous and precipitous

is that discourteous is impolite; lacking consideration for others while precipitous is steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

discourteous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • impolite; lacking consideration for others

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * courteous

    precipitous

    English

    (wikipedia precipitous)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
  • Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
  • Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
  • * 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma , National Geographic (March 2007), 46,
    • ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today.
    (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (steep) brant