Inhibit vs Timid - What's the difference?
inhibit | timid |
Lacking in courage or confidence.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19
As a verb inhibit
is to hinder; to restrain.As an adjective timid is
lacking in courage or confidence.timid
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}