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Opportunistic vs Romulan - What's the difference?

opportunistic | romulan |

As an adjective opportunistic

is taking advantage of situations that arise.

As a noun romulan is

a member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.

opportunistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • taking advantage of situations that arise
  • :* The danger now isn't so much from the AIDS virus itself as from opportunistic infections.
  • said of people who will take advantage of situations to advance their own interests, without regard for principles
  • :* You can't trust somebody that opportunistic -- she'll stab you in the back the first chance she gets.
  • Derived terms

    * nonopportunistic * opportunistically

    romulan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.
  • * 1999 , Peter Allen David, Double or Nothing
  • "Some sort of Romulan game," Riker said thoughtfully. "Trying to make us guess what they're up to."
  • * 2000 , Emma Forrest, Namedropper
  • "He looks like a Romulan ." Suddenly, her attention is focused on him and she calls across the street, "Hey, monkey Romulan, sort it out!"
  • * 2001 , Michael W McConnell, Robert F Cochran, Angela C Carmella, Christian perspectives on legal thought
  • ...the law vaporizes like a Romulan warrior into the ions of space.