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Willful vs Wishful - What's the difference?

willful | wishful |

As adjectives the difference between willful and wishful

is that willful is done in a manner which was intended while wishful is wished-for; desired, wanted.

willful

English

Alternative forms

*wilful

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Done in a manner which was intended.
  • Intentional.
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  • Stubborn.
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    • Synonyms

    * (as intended) volitional, voluntary * (stubborn) obstinate, self-willed, headstrong, spiteful

    wishful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Wished-for; desired, wanted.
  • * 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.9:
    • The cry whereof entring the hollow cave / Eftsoones brought forth the villaine, as they ment, / With hope of her some wishfull boot to have.
  • Expressing a wish or longing for something.
  • Aspiring, or seeking advancement.

    • Derived terms

    * wishful thinking