Incisive vs Indecisive - What's the difference?
incisive | indecisive |
Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 Intelligently analytical and concise.
Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
* G. Eliot
* Mrs. Browning
(anatomy) Of or relating to the incisors.
(of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.
inconclusive or uncertain
As adjectives the difference between incisive and indecisive
is that incisive is quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright while indecisive is .incisive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive .}}
- An incisive , high voice.
- And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.
Derived terms
* incisively * incisiveness * incisivity ----indecisive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- They were all being very indecisive about what to wear to the party.
- The outcome of the race was so indecisive .
