Headlong vs Irrecoverable - What's the difference?
headlong | irrecoverable | Related terms |
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 :
Not recoverable or admitting of recovery; incapable of being recovered: as, an irrecoverable debt.
That cannot be recovered from or made good; irremediable; as an irrecoverable disease; irrecoverable danger.
Headlong is a related term of irrecoverable.
As adjectives the difference between headlong and irrecoverable
is that headlong is precipitous while irrecoverable is not recoverable or admitting of recovery; incapable of being recovered: as, an irrecoverable debt.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.
