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Testy vs Temperamental - What's the difference?

testy | temperamental |

As adjectives the difference between testy and temperamental

is that testy is easily annoyed, irritable while temperamental is (notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament.

testy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Easily annoyed, irritable.
  • Marked by impatience or ill humor.
    • He made testy remarks.

    Derived terms

    * testily * testiness

    Synonyms

    * touchy * tetchy

    See also

    * heady * teston

    Anagrams

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    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