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Immediate vs Straightforward - What's the difference?

immediate | straightforward |

As adjectives the difference between immediate and straightforward

is that immediate is ; immediate (without delay) while straightforward is proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.

As an adverb straightforward is

in a straightforward manner.

immediate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Assemble we immediate council.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}
  • Very close; direct or adjacent.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You are the most immediate to our throne.
  • Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
  • embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location)
  • Derived terms

    * immediately

    Anagrams

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    straightforward

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
  • * 1992 , George J. Church, "Why Voters Don't Trust Clinton," Time , 20 Apr, p. 38,
  • A great deal of the uneasiness about Clinton reflects his propensity to dance away from straightforward yes or no answers to any character question.
  • easy, simple, without difficulty
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Steven Gerrard goal against Poland ensures England will go to World Cup'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 October 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/oct/15/england-poland-world-cup-qualifier]
  • Poland played with great energy, quick to the ball, strong in the challenge, and projecting the clear sense they had absolutely no intention whatsoever of making this a straightforward night.

    Derived terms

    * straightforwardly * straightforwardness * unstraightforward

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a straightforward manner.