Impulsive vs Audacious - What's the difference?
impulsive | audacious |
Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
* Prior
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
* Longfellow
(mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.
That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.
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Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.
* 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
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Impudent.
As adjectives the difference between impulsive and audacious
is that impulsive is having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent while audacious is showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.As a noun impulsive
is that which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.impulsive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some impulsive force obey.
- my heart, impulsive and wayward
References
* *Noun
(en noun)audacious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
