different between impulsive vs uneven

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p?ls?v/

Adjective

impulsive (comparative more impulsive, superlative most impulsive)

1. Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.

   • Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some impulsive force obey.

2. Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.

   • my heart, impulsive and wayward

3. (mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.

Related terms

• impulse
• impulsion
• impulsively
• impulsiveness
• impulsor
• impulsory

Translations

References

• impulsive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• impulsive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Noun

impulsive (plural impulsives)

1. That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
   • 1613, Henry Wotton, letter to Edmund Bacon

     Notwithstanding all which Motives and impulsives , Sir Thomas Overbury refused to be sent abroad , with such terms

2. One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.

French

Adjective

impulsive

1. feminine singular of impulsif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

impulsive

1. inflection of impulsiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

impulsive f pl

1. feminine plural of impulsivo

Latin

Adjective

impuls?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of impuls?vus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

impulsive

1. definite singular/plural of impulsiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

impulsive

1. definite singular/plural of impulsiv

English

Etymology

From Middle English uneven, from Old English unefen (“unequal, unlike, dissimilar, diverse, irregular”), equivalent to un- +? even. Cognate with Dutch oneven (“unequal, uneven, odd”), German uneben (“uneven, rough, irregular, bumpy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?iv?n/
• Rhymes: -i?v?n

Adjective

uneven (comparative more uneven, superlative most uneven)

1. Not even
2. Not level or smooth
3. Not uniform
4. Varying in quality
5. (mathematics, rare) Odd

   Antonym: even

Synonyms

• rough

Derived terms

• unevenly
• unevenness

Translations

See also

• irregular
• unequal

Verb

uneven (third-person singular simple present unevens, present participle unevening, simple past and past participle unevened)

1. (transitive) To make uneven.
   • 1993, Travel Holiday (volume 176, page 56)

     Initially it nestled among the dozens of Indian mounds that unevened the earth near the river until they were leveled to accommodate commerce.

   • 2006, Jack Temple Kirby, Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South (page 128)

     First, of course, the war reduced the white male, mostly young adult, population by more than a quarter-million, unevening the sex ratio and connubial and other opportunities for women for perhaps a generation.