Incisive vs Inquisitive - What's the difference?
incisive | inquisitive |
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.
Eager to acquire knowledge.
* I. Watts
Too curious; overly interested; nosy.
* Broome
* Episode 16
As adjectives the difference between incisive and inquisitive
is that incisive is quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright while inquisitive is eager to acquire knowledge.incisive
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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 ----inquisitive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A young, inquisitive , and sprightly genius.
- A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent.
- Everybody gets their own ration of luck, they say. Now you mention it' his face was familiar to me. But, leaving that for the moment, how much did you part with, he queried, if I am not too ' inquisitive ?