different between extroverted vs bounteous

English

Alternative forms

• (psychology): extraverted, extrovert

Etymology

A variant spelling of extraverted. Popularized as a psychological term by Phyllis Blanchard's use of extrovert in her 1918 "Psycho-Analytic Study of August Comte".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??kst??v??t?d/, /?kst????v??t?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??kst???v??t?d/, /?kst?o??v??t?d/

Verb

extroverted

1. simple past tense and past participle of extrovert

Adjective

extroverted (comparative more extroverted, superlative most extroverted)

1. Turned or thrust outwards, especially:
   • 1671, John Webster, Metallographa, p. 197:

     The external and combustible Sulphur... is... protruded and extroverted.

   1. (informal psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an extrovert: outgoing, sociable.

      She's very extroverted. She's always out meeting new people and looking for new experiences.

   2. (medicine) Synonym of inside-out.

      ...an extroverted bladder...

Usage notes

Technical papers in psychology overwhelmingly prefer extraverted, although the spelling extroverted has become more common in general use.

Synonyms

• extrorse (botany)

Antonyms

• introverted

Translations

References

• “extrovert, v.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894
• Scott Barry Kaufman, "The Difference between ExtrAversion and ExtrOversion", Beautiful Minds, Scientific American, Springer Nature America, 2015.

English

Etymology

bounty +? -ous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?nti?s/, /?ba?nt??s/

Adjective

bounteous (comparative more bounteous, superlative most bounteous)

1. (of a person) Inclined to be generous.
2. (of a gift, etc.) Liberal or abundant.

Derived terms

• bounteousness

Translations