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Raging vs Reckless - What's the difference?

raging | reckless | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between raging and reckless

is that raging is volatile, very active or unpredictable while reckless is careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.

As a verb raging

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun raging

is a display of rage.

raging

English

Verb

(head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging . No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Volatile, very active or unpredictable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A display of rage.
  • *
    • To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!

    reckless

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
  • Indifferent to danger or the consequences.

    • Antonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * recklessness

    Anagrams

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