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Whimsical vs Ambivalent - What's the difference?

whimsical | ambivalent |

As adjectives the difference between whimsical and ambivalent

is that whimsical is given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing while ambivalent is simultaneously]] experiencing or expressing [[oppose|opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.

whimsical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * whimsical sex

    ambivalent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Simultaneously]] experiencing or expressing [[oppose, opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
  • Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.

    • Synonyms

    * (simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings) conflicted, uncertain, undecided, unresolved * (alternately feeling opposing feelings) vacillating, fluctuating, wavering

    Related terms

    () * ambiguous * ambivalence * ambivalently * equivalent