Impulsive vs Obligatory - What's the difference?
impulsive | obligatory |
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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Imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding.
* Richard Baxter
Requiring a matter or obligation.
As adjectives the difference between impulsive and obligatory
is that impulsive is having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent while obligatory is imposing obligation, morally or legally; binding.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)obligatory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an obligatory promise
- if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory .