Hazardous vs Speculative - What's the difference?
hazardous | speculative | Synonyms |
Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
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, title= (rfc-sense) Exposing to loss or evil.
Of or involving chance.
Characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions.
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*:"Don't dare laugh at us!" smiled his sister. "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children cameand the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. Do you like the house?"
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As adjectives the difference between hazardous and speculative
is that hazardous is risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard while speculative is characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions.hazardous
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Adjective
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Derived terms
* hazardously * ultrahazardousspeculative
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Adjective
(en adjective)England 2-2 Switzerland, passage=Tranquillo Barnetta was the grateful beneficiary of uncertain England defending and poor goalkeeping from Joe Hart as he twice saw speculative free-kicks end in the back of the net in the first half.}}