different between headlong vs vehement

English

Etymology

From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?dl??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?dl??/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?dl??/
• Rhymes: -?dl??
• Hyphenation: head?long

Adverb

headlong (not comparable)

1. With the head first or down.
2. With an unrestrained forward motion.

   Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.

3. Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation, in haste, hastily

Antonyms

• arselong (UK dialect)

Translations

Adjective

headlong (comparative more headlong, superlative most headlong)

1. Precipitous.
2. Plunging downwards head foremost.
3. Rushing forward without restraint.
4. (figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
   • 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:

     “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.

Derived terms

• headlongness
• headlongs

Translations

Verb

headlong (third-person singular simple present headlongs, present participle headlonging, simple past and past participle headlonged)

1. (transitive) To precipitate.

Anagrams

• Hogeland

English

Etymology

From Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehem?ns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from v?- (“prefix meaning ‘lacking, too little’”) + m?ns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?.?.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: ve?he?ment

Adjective

vehement (comparative more vehement, superlative most vehement)

1. Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.

Synonyms

• full-throated
• swith (obsolete or dialectal)

Related terms

• vehemence
• vehemently

Translations

Further reading

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehem?ns, vehementem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v?.??ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b?.??men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ve.e?ment/

Adjective

vehement (masculine and feminine plural vehements)

1. vehement

Derived terms

• vehementment

Related terms

• vehemència

Further reading

• “vehement” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehemens, vehementis.

Adjective

vehement (comparative vehementer, superlative am vehementesten)

1. vehement

Declension

Synonyms

• heftig

Further reading

• “vehement” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French véhément, from Latin vehemens.

Adjective

vehement m or n (feminine singular vehement?, masculine plural vehemen?i, feminine and neuter plural vehemente)

1. vehement

Declension