Impatient vs Twitchy - What's the difference?
impatient | twitchy | Related terms |
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:
susceptible to twitching a lot.
(figuratively) irritable, cranky
* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
Impatient is a related term of twitchy.
As adjectives the difference between impatient and twitchy
is that impatient is impatient while twitchy is susceptible to twitching a lot.impatient
English
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?
Derived terms
* impatientlytwitchy
English
Adjective
(er)- Johnson's contract expires in November, and four weeks as memorable for scandals off the pitch as any achievements on it will do little to appease the notoriously twitchy committee-men at the Rugby Football Union.