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Fugitive vs Cursory - What's the difference?

fugitive | cursory | Synonyms |

Fugitive is a synonym of cursory.


As adjectives the difference between fugitive and cursory

is that fugitive is fleeing or running away while cursory is hasty; superficial; careless.

As a noun fugitive

is a person who is fleeing or escaping from something, especially prosecution.

fugitive

English

(wikipedia fugitive)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is fleeing or escaping from something, especially prosecution.
  • *
  • *:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!”

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fleeing or running away
  • transient, fleeting or ephemeral
  • elusive or difficult to retain

    • cursory

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • hasty; superficial; careless
    • Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.
  • (obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

    • Derived terms

    * cursorily * cursoriness

    See also

    * cursor