Intemperate vs Perceive - What's the difference?
intemperate | perceive |
Lacking moderation, temper or control.
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
To see, to be aware of, to understand.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
, author=Colin Allen
, title=Do I See What You See?
, volume=100, issue=2, page=168
, magazine=(American Scientist)
As verbs the difference between intemperate and perceive
is that intemperate is (obsolete|transitive) to disorder while perceive is to see, to be aware of, to understand.As an adjective intemperate
is lacking moderation, temper or control.intemperate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- intemperate''' language; '''intemperate zeal
- Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car'' - ''The Week , 14 April 2007, 609 , 4.
Synonyms
* See alsoperceive
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
citation, passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}
