Impetuous vs Daring - What's the difference?
impetuous | daring | Related terms |
Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
* 1880 , John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music , "":
Characterized by sudden and violent force.
* 1794 , :
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.
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Boldness
Impetuous is a related term of daring.
As adjectives the difference between impetuous and daring
is that impetuous is making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner while daring is adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks.As a verb daring is
.As a noun daring is
boldness.impetuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- But it was natural, that the impetuous , restless young artist should incline more to excess of strength than of delicacy in his playing.
- He stands, and views in the faint rays
Far, far below, the torrent's rising surge,
And listens to the wild impetuous roar
Synonyms
* impulsive * hasty * rash * hotheadeddaring
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
