Tentative vs Timid - What's the difference?
tentative | timid |
Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
Uncertain; subject to future change.
Lacking in courage or confidence.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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As adjectives the difference between tentative and timid
is that tentative is of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental while timid is lacking in courage or confidence.As a noun tentative
is a trial; an experiment.tentative
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* tentativenessExternal links
* *Anagrams
* attentive ----timid
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(er)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}