Intemperate vs Modicum - What's the difference?
intemperate | modicum |
Lacking moderation, temper or control.
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
A small, modest or trifling amount.
As an adjective intemperate
is lacking moderation, temper or control.As a verb intemperate
is (obsolete|transitive) to disorder.As a noun modicum is
a small, modest or trifling amount.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 alsomodicum
English
Noun
(modica)- Unable to garner even a modicum of support for his plan, he conceded to follow the others.