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Unrestrained vs Headlong - What's the difference?

unrestrained | headlong |

As adjectives the difference between unrestrained and headlong

is that unrestrained is immoderate; not restrained or held in check while headlong is precipitous.

As a adverb headlong is

with the head first or down.

As a verb headlong is

to precipitate.

unrestrained

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • immoderate; not restrained or held in check
    • The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.
  • spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained
    • Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.
  • Not subject to physical restraint.
  • * 2009 , Russell Colling, ?Tony W. York, Hospital and Healthcare Security (page 346)
    • Managing unrestrained prisoners alone in any environment is inherently dangerous and should not be tolerated.

    Antonyms

    * restrained

    Derived terms

    * unrestrainedly * unrestrainedness

    Related terms

    * restrain * restrained

    See also

    * rampant * unbridled

    headlong

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • With the head first or down.
  • With an unrestrained forward motion.
    • Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.
  • Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.

    • Antonyms

    * (l) (UK dialect)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Precipitous.
  • Plunging downwards head foremost.
  • Rushing forward without restraint.
  • (figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
  • * 1869 , RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone , II:
    • “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.

    Derived terms

    * headlongness * headlongs

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To precipitate.
  • * 1862 , Thomas Adams, The works of Thomas Adams :
    • If a stranger be setting his pace and face toward some deep pit, or steep rock — such a precipice as the cliffs of Dover — how do we cry aloud to have him return ? yet in mean time forget the course of our own sinful ignorance, that headlongs us to confusion.
  • * 1905 , Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature :
    • Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.