Intrusive vs Pushy - What's the difference?
intrusive | pushy |
Tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.
(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
(geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock
Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.
As adjectives the difference between intrusive and pushy
is that intrusive is tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome while pushy is aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.As a noun intrusive
is (geology) an igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock.intrusive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive ?
Derived terms
* intrusively * intrusivenessNoun
(en noun)References
* * ----pushy
English
Adjective
(er)- Parents are ruining school sports days by being pushy and overbearing, a survey suggests. BBC