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Petulant vs Grizzly - What's the difference?

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Petulant is a related term of grizzly.


As adjectives the difference between petulant and grizzly

is that petulant is exuberant, lively while grizzly is grey-haired, greyish.

As a noun grizzly is

a grizzly bear.

petulant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • childishly irritable
    • Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior.
  • (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
    • (Burton)

    Synonyms

    * huffy * snappish * irritable * grouchy * bad-tempered * ill-tempered * crabby

    Antonyms

    * easygoing

    grizzly

    English

    (wikipedia grizzly)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Grey-haired, greyish.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • old squirrels that turn grizzly
  • [Listed by Merriam-Webster Unabridged as a legitimate variant spelling.]
  • * 2008 , Campbell Brown, " Commentary: Pakistan gives in to terrorists," CNN , Feb. 5, 2009:
    • This after Taliban militants led a grizzly campaign of attacks, including beheadings, kidnappings and the destruction of dozens of girls' schools.

    Derived terms

    * grizzly bear

    Noun

    (grizzlies)
  • A grizzly bear.
    • Shotgun blast kills charging grizzly!
  • (US, dialect) In hydraulic mining, a grating used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices.
    • (Raymond)