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Foolhardy vs Hazardous - What's the difference?

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Foolhardy is a related term of hazardous.


As adjectives the difference between foolhardy and hazardous

is that foolhardy is marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded while hazardous is risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.

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

    hazardous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=But out of sight is out of mind. And that
  • (rfc-sense) Exposing to loss or evil.
  • Of or involving chance.

    • Derived terms

    * hazardously * ultrahazardous