Promiscuous vs Impulsive - What's the difference?
promiscuous | impulsive |
Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
* 1667 , , Book 1, ll. 379-80
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Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.
indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.
(networking) The mode in which a gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.
Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
* Prior
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
* Longfellow
(mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.
That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.
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As adjectives the difference between promiscuous and impulsive
is that promiscuous is made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition while impulsive is having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.As a noun impulsive is
that which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.promiscuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Came singly where he stood on the bare strand, / While the promiscuous croud stood yet aloof.
- they had both been educated on plans at once narrow and promiscuous , first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned condition.
Synonyms
* See also * See also * (made up of various disparate elements) motleyDerived terms
* promiscuity * promiscuousnessExternal links
* * *impulsive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some impulsive force obey.
- my heart, impulsive and wayward