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Precipitous vs Preposterous - What's the difference?

precipitous | preposterous |

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)
  • 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,
    • ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today.
    (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (steep) brant

    preposterous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Absurd, or contrary to common sense.
  • * , chapter=16
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The preposterous altruism too!
  • * '>citation

    • Synonyms

    * absurd * foolish * irrational * nonsensical * See also

    See also

    * topsy-turvy * upside down

    External links

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