Tardy vs Reluctant - What's the difference?
tardy | reluctant | Synonyms |
Late; overdue or delayed.
ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dullard.
Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
* Sandys
* Prior
(obsolete) Unwary; unready.
(obsolete) Criminal; guilty.
(US) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
(obsolete) To make tardy.
Opposing; offering resistance (to).
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.108:
* 2008 , Kern Alexander et al., The World Trade Organization and Trade in Services , p. 222:
Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.
Tardy is a synonym of reluctant.
As adjectives the difference between tardy and reluctant
is that tardy is late; overdue or delayed while reluctant is opposing; offering resistance (to).As a noun tardy
is (us) a piece of paper given to students who are late to class.As a verb tardy
is (obsolete|transitive) to make tardy.tardy
English
Adjective
(er)- He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.
- His tardy performance bordered on incompetence.
- Check the tardy flight of time.
- tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave
- (Hudibras)
- (Collier)
Synonyms
* (l), (l)Usage notes
* The term suggests habitual lateness. * Somewhat dated in the United Kingdom.Noun
(tardies)- The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell.
See also
* tardy slipVerb
- (Shakespeare)
reluctant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung / Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave, / From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung, / Should suck him back to her insatiate grave [...].
- They are reluctant to the inclusion of a necessity test, especially of a horizontal nature, and emphasize, instead, the importance of procedural disciplines [...].
- She was reluctant to lend him the money