Precipitous vs Formidable - What's the difference?
precipitous | formidable |
Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
* 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma , National Geographic (March 2007), 46,
causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment
difficult to defeat or overcome
* {{quote-news
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, date=May 9
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As adjectives the difference between precipitous and formidable
is that precipitous is steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain while formidable is causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment.precipitous
English
(wikipedia precipitous)Adjective
(head)- ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today.
Synonyms
* (steep) brantformidable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable .}}