Wayward vs Uncertain - What's the difference?
wayward | uncertain | Related terms |
given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray
obstinate, contrary and unpredictable
(sports) not on target
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 2
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Bulgaria 0-3 England
, work=BBC
Not certain; unsure.
*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
*:Man, without the protection of a superior Being,is uncertain of everything that he hopes for.
Not known for certain; questionable.
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Not yet determined; undecided.
Variable and subject to change.
Fitful or unsteady.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
Unpredictable or capricious.
*Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
*:O woman! in our hours of ease, / Uncertain , coy, and hard to please!
Wayward is a related term of uncertain.
As adjectives the difference between wayward and uncertain
is that wayward is given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray while uncertain is not certain; unsure.wayward
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Bulgaria's only attacking weapon was the wayward shooting of Martin Petrov, whereas England's attacking options were awash with movement in the shape of Rooney, Young and Walcott.}}