Uneasy vs Intolerant - What's the difference?
uneasy | intolerant | Related terms |
(rare) Not easy; difficult.
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=17 Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
* Arbuthnot
Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas. indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.
One who is intolerant; a bigot.
* 1856 , John David Chambers, Strictures, legal and historical, on the judgment of the Consistory Court of London, in December, 1855, in the Case of Westerton Versus Liddell
Uneasy is a related term of intolerant.
As adjectives the difference between uneasy and intolerant
is that uneasy is (rare) not easy; difficult or uneasy can be restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed while intolerant is intolerant; not tolerant.uneasy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) unesy, equivalent to ; see uneath.Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
From (etyl) unesy, . More at .Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
- I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
intolerant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I am lactose-intolerant , so I can't drink milk.
- The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses.
Noun
(en noun)- a portion of the prejudice which darkened the spirits of these intolerants , might perhaps have cast its shadow over him.
