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Temperamental vs Spiteful - What's the difference?

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Temperamental is a related term of spiteful.


As adjectives the difference between temperamental and spiteful

is that temperamental is (notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament while spiteful is filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious.

temperamental

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament
  • subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.

    • Derived terms

    * temperamentally

    spiteful

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * spightful (obsolete) * spightfull (obsolete) * spitefull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to vex, annoy, or injure; malignant; malicious

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