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Uncivil vs Precipitous - What's the difference?

uncivil | precipitous |

As adjectives the difference between uncivil and precipitous

is that uncivil is not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized while precipitous is steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

uncivil

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
  • Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.
  • * 2007 , The Times , 24 Dec 2007:
    • John Terry and Frank Lampard would not have reacted as the Nigerian did to the (admittedly X-rated) challenge that led to the Liverpool forward being sent off in last week’s Carling Cup quarter-final against Chelsea. All very dangerous, all very uncivil .
  • * 2008 , New York Times , 4 Feb 2008:
    • But since you probably weren’t there, and be thankful for that, here is a quick primer on local, uncivil civics so that you might appreciate the recent political clamor in this part of eastern Tennessee.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * incivil

    References

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    precipitous

    English

    (wikipedia precipitous)

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
  • Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
  • Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
  • * 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma , National Geographic (March 2007), 46,
    • ...humans have been responsible for a precipitous decline of elephants, from perhaps 300,000 in the early 1970s to some 10,000 today.
    (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * (steep) brant