Hasty vs Spirited - What's the difference?
hasty | spirited | Related terms |
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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Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
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Hasty is a related term of spirited.
As adjectives the difference between hasty and spirited
is that hasty is acting in haste; being too hurried or quick (eg without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it ) while spirited is lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.As a verb spirited is
(spirit).hasty
English
Adjective
(er)Derived terms
* hastily * hastiness * overhastyAnagrams
*spirited
English
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* free-spirited * low-spirited * high-spirited * mean-spiritedAdjective
(en adjective)Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
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