Scrappy vs Opportunistic - What's the difference?
scrappy | opportunistic |
Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.
(informal) Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive.
* 2012 , Mark Rice-Oxley, Underneath the Lemon Tree
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
, title= taking advantage of situations that arise
:* The danger now isn't so much from the AIDS virus itself as from opportunistic infections.
said of people who will take advantage of situations to advance their own interests, without regard for principles
:* You can't trust somebody that opportunistic -- she'll stab you in the back the first chance she gets.
As adjectives the difference between scrappy and opportunistic
is that scrappy is consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency while opportunistic is taking advantage of situations that arise.scrappy
English
Adjective
(er)- In those days PGS [Portsmouth Grammar School] was full of sadistic staff and scrappy boys called things like Smudger, Muzz and Titch.
Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}