Intolerant vs Hidebound - What's the difference?
intolerant | hidebound | Related terms |
Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
* Arbuthnot
Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas. indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.
One who is intolerant; a bigot.
* 1856 , John David Chambers, Strictures, legal and historical, on the judgment of the Consistory Court of London, in December, 1855, in the Case of Westerton Versus Liddell
Bound with the hide of an animal.
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(of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.
(of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
(of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
(obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.
Intolerant is a related term of hidebound.
As adjectives the difference between intolerant and hidebound
is that intolerant is intolerant; not tolerant while hidebound is bound with the hide of an animal.intolerant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I am lactose-intolerant , so I can't drink milk.
- The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses.
Noun
(en noun)- a portion of the prejudice which darkened the spirits of these intolerants , might perhaps have cast its shadow over him.
References
* * ----hidebound
English
Alternative forms
* hide-bound (less common)Adjective
(en adjective)- (Francis Bacon)
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- (Carlyle)
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