Vicissitude vs Capricious - What's the difference?
vicissitude | capricious |
Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.
(often, in the plural) a change, especially in one's life or fortunes.
* 1667 , , Paradise Lost , vii, 351,
* 2003 , "US redeployments afoot in Asia", Christian Science Monitor , Nov. 18, Pg. 6.,
* Seneca
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
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As a noun vicissitude
is regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange.As an adjective capricious is
impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.vicissitude
English
Noun
(en noun)- And God made.. the Stars, and set them in the firmament of Heaven to illuminate the Earth, and rule the day in their vicissitude ...
- The vicissitudes of war in Iraq cast a dreary backdrop for Donald Rumsfeld's first visit to Asian military allies since he became US Defense Secretary in 2001.
- Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
Synonyms
* ups and downs (informal)External links
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I almost died in a capricious winter storm.
- Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously .
- The Mayor claimed that the action was reasonable, but in reality the action was arbitrary and capricious in nature.