Headlong vs Frivolous - What's the difference?
headlong | frivolous |
With the head first or down.
With an unrestrained forward motion.
Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
Precipitous.
Plunging downwards head foremost.
Rushing forward without restraint.
(figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
* 1869 , RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone , II:
To precipitate.
* 1862 , Thomas Adams, The works of Thomas Adams :
* 1905 , Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature :
Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
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* Factcheck.org[http://www.factcheck.org/article133.html]:
Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
In litigation, a lawsuit filed by a party who is aware the claim is without merit and has no reasonable prospect of success because of a lack of supporting legal or factual basis.
As adjectives the difference between headlong and frivolous
is that headlong is precipitous while frivolous is silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.As an adverb headlong
is with the head first or down.As a verb headlong
is to precipitate.headlong
English
Adverb
(-)- Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.
Antonyms
* (l) (UK dialect)Adjective
(en adjective)- “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.
Derived terms
* headlongness * headlongsVerb
(en verb)- If a stranger be setting his pace and face toward some deep pit, or steep rock — such a precipice as the cliffs of Dover — how do we cry aloud to have him return ? yet in mean time forget the course of our own sinful ignorance, that headlongs us to confusion.
- Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.
frivolous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- One of the major cost drivers in the delivery of health care are these junk and frivolous lawsuits.