Hyperactive vs Impatient - What's the difference?
hyperactive | impatient |
having an increased state of activity
having attention deficit disorder (no longer used by the scientific community)
restless and intolerant of delays
* Addison
anxious and eager, especially to begin something
(obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
* 1594 , , III. ii. 287:
As adjectives the difference between hyperactive and impatient
is that hyperactive is having an increased state of activity while impatient is impatient.hyperactive
English
Adjective
(wikipedia hyperactive) (en adjective)Synonyms
* overactiveAntonyms
* hypoactiveDerived terms
* hyperactivelyimpatient
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
- (Spenser)
- impatient speeches or replies
- What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?