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Spontaneity vs Impulsivity - What's the difference?

spontaneity | impulsivity |

As nouns the difference between spontaneity and impulsivity

is that spontaneity is (uncountable) the quality of being spontaneous while impulsivity is inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.

spontaneity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being spontaneous.
  • * Elizabeth Browning
    • Romney Leigh, who lives by diagrams, / And crosses not the spontaneities / Of all his individual, personal life / With formal universals.
  • (countable) Spontaneous behaviour.
  • (biology) The tendency to undergo change, characteristic of both animal and vegetable organisms, and not restrained or checked by the environment.
  • (biology) The tendency to activity of muscular tissue, including the voluntary muscles, when in a state of healthful vigour and refreshment.

    • Antonyms

    * (quality of being spontaneous) discipline

    Related terms

    * spontaneous

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    impulsivity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Inclination to act on impulse rather than thought.