Pushy vs Opportunist - What's the difference?
pushy | opportunist |
Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.
Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance his own situation, placing expediency above principle.
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As an adjective pushy
is aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.As a noun opportunist is
someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance his own situation, placing expediency above principle.pushy
English
Adjective
(er)- Parents are ruining school sports days by being pushy and overbearing, a survey suggests. BBC
opportunist
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=James Milner's angled free-kick was headed on to the post by the tireless Bent and Lampard the opportunist was perfectly placed to stoop and head in from virtually on the goal-line.}}