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Foolhardy vs Hasty - What's the difference?

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Foolhardy is a related term of hasty.


As adjectives the difference between foolhardy and hasty

is that foolhardy is marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded while hasty is acting in haste; being too hurried or quick (eg without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it ).

foolhardy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1876 , author=Mark Twain , title=The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , chapter=6 citation , passage=The master’s pulse stood still, and he stared helplessly. The buzz of study ceased. The pupils wondered if this foolhardy boy had lost his mind.}}
  • * 2000 . Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country , p. 14:
    • In the middle distance several foolhardy souls in wet suits were surfing toward some foamy outbursts on the rocky headland...

    Synonyms

    * bold * foolish * rash * daring * reckless

    Derived terms

    * foolhardiness

    hasty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it. )
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    • Derived terms

    * hastily * hastiness * overhasty

    Related terms

    * haste * hasten * hasteful * hurried

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