Precipitous vs Preposterous - What's the difference?
precipitous | preposterous |
Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
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Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
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As adjectives the difference between precipitous and preposterous
is that precipitous is steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain while preposterous is absurd, or contrary to common sense.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) brantpreposterous
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!