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Reckless vs Rakish - What's the difference?

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Reckless is a related term of rakish.


As adjectives the difference between reckless and rakish

is that reckless is careless or heedless; headstrong or rash while rakish is dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.

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

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    rakish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
    • ... the rakish Dennis Quaid, a Houston native who is moving to Texas in a couple of years and wants it to become "the new Hollywood." (Houston Chronicle, 6/8/2007)
  • (dated) like a rake; dissolute; profligate
  • * Macaulay
    • The arduous task of converting a rakish lover.

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