different between avid vs impatient

English

Etymology

From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from ave? (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æv?d/, /æv?d/

Adjective

avid (comparative more avid or (less commonly) avider, superlative most avid or (less commonly) avidest)

1. enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something

Derived terms

• avidly
• avidity
• avidness

Translations

Anagrams

• AIVD, Adiv, Vida, diva

Romanian

Etymology

From French avide, Latin avidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.vid]

Adjective

avid m or n (feminine singular avid?, masculine plural avizi, feminine and neuter plural avide)

1. avid, eager, desirous
2. greedy, grasping

Declension

Related terms

• aviditate

English

Etymology

From Old French impacient (modern French impatient), from Latin impati?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?pe???nt/
• Hyphenation: im?pa?tient

Adjective

impatient (comparative more impatient, superlative most impatient)

1. Restless and intolerant of delays.

   • The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.

2. Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.
3. (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
4. Prompted by, or exhibiting, impatience.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, III. ii. 287:

     What, will you tear / Impatient answers from my gentle tongue?

Derived terms

• impatiently
• impatience
• impassive

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pa.sj??/

Adjective

impatient (feminine singular impatiente, masculine plural impatients, feminine plural impatientes)

1. impatient

Noun

impatient m (plural impatients, feminine impatiente)

1. impatient person

Further reading

• “impatient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).