Visionary vs Capricious - What's the difference?
visionary | capricious | Related terms |
having vision or foresight
* Alexander Pope
imaginary or illusory
prophetic or revelatory
* Thomson
idealistic or utopian
someone who has visions; a seer
an impractical dreamer
someone who has positive ideas about the future
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
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Visionary is a related term of capricious.
As adjectives the difference between visionary and capricious
is that visionary is having vision or foresight while capricious is impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.As a noun visionary
is someone who has visions; a seer.visionary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Or lull to rest the visionary maid.
- The visionary hour / When musing midnight reigns.
- a visionary scheme or project
- (Jonathan Swift)
Noun
(visionaries)capricious
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.
