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Improvident vs Intemperate - What's the difference?

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Improvident is a related term of intemperate.


As adjectives the difference between improvident and intemperate

is that improvident is failing to provide for the future; reckless while intemperate is lacking moderation, temper or control.

As a verb intemperate is

(obsolete|transitive) to disorder.

improvident

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • failing to provide for the future; reckless
  • incautious; prone to rashness

    • Synonyms

    * (not provident) myopic, short, wasteful, imprudent, thriftless * See also

    Antonyms

    * provident * See also

    Derived terms

    * improvidence * improvidently

    intemperate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking moderation, temper or control.
    • intemperate''' language; '''intemperate zeal
    Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car'' - ''The Week , 14 April 2007, 609 , 4.
  • Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (intemperat)
  • (obsolete) To disorder.
    • (Webster 1913)