Impatience vs Impetuous - What's the difference?
impatience | impetuous |
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
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 , :
As a noun impatience
is the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.As an adjective impetuous is
making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.impatience
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Antonyms
* patience * hasteimpetuous
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(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