Rash vs Precarious - What's the difference?
rash | precarious |
Acting too quickly without considering the risks and consequences; not careful; hasty.
So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
(obsolete) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Fast-acting.
* Shakespeare
(symptom) An area of reddened, irritated, and inflamed skin.
A surge in problems; a spate, string or trend
(obsolete) To prepare with haste.
An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
To pull off or pluck violently.
To slash; to hack; to slice.
* Spenser
(comparable) Dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous.
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(legal) Depending on the intention of another.
(dentistry) Relating to incipient caries.
As a proper noun rash
is .As an adjective precarious is
(comparable) dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous or precarious can be (dentistry) relating to incipient caries.rash
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) rash, .Adjective
(er)- rash words spoken in the heat of debate
- I scarce have leisure to salute you, / My matter is so rash .
- Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.
Synonyms
(checksyns) * brash * heady * hotheaded * impulsive * inconsiderate * precipitateDerived terms
* rashnessNoun
(rashes)- There has been a rash of vandalism lately.
Synonyms
(A surge in problems) epidemicDerived terms
* canker rash * diaper rash * heat rash * hiker’s rash * nappy rash * nettle rash * rashguard * rashie * rash vest * reef rash * rose rash * tooth rashSee also
* prudent * recklessVerb
- (Foxe)
Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) , (etyl) Rasch, probably from Arras in France.Noun
(-)- (John Donne)
Etymology 3
For araceVerb
(es)- rashing of helms and riving plates asunder