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Improvisate vs Improvise - What's the difference?

improvisate | improvise |

As verbs the difference between improvisate and improvise

is that improvisate is to improvise; to extemporize while improvise is .

As an adjective improvisate

is unpremeditated; impromptu.

improvisate

English

Verb

(improvisat)
  • To improvise; to extemporize.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • unpremeditated; impromptu
  • (Webster 1913)

    improvise

    English

    Verb

  • To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
  • He had no speech prepared, so he improvised .
    They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
    She improvised a lovely solo.

    Synonyms

    * fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it

    Derived terms

    * improvisation * improvisational

    See also

    * extemporaneous * impromptu * off the cuff ----