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Imperious vs Fledgling - What's the difference?

imperious | fledgling |

As adjectives the difference between imperious and fledgling

is that imperious is domineering, arrogant, or overbearing while fledgling is untried or inexperienced.

As a noun fledgling is

(literally) a young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).

imperious

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Domineering, arrogant, or overbearing.
  • * 1866 – , translated by C. J. Hogarth
    • ...she glanced about her in an imperious , challenging sort of way, with looks and gestures that clearly were unstudied.
  • Urgent.
  • * 1891 –
    • Circumstances of an imperious nature, which it is unnecessary to relate here, had prevented him from taking service with that gallant army which had fought the disastrous campaigns ending with the fall of Corinth.
  • (obsolete) Imperial or regal.
  • * 1895 –
    • She was quick, beautiful, imperious , while he was quiet, slow, and misty.

    Synonyms

    * (domineering) authoritarian, bossy, dictatorial, domineering, overbearing

    Related terms

    * imperial * imperialism * imperialistic * imperially * imperialness * imperium

    fledgling

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Untried or inexperienced.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (literally) A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
  • (figuratively) An immature, naïve and/or inexperienced person.

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