different between impatience vs indecision

impatience

English

Etymology

From Old French impacience (modern French impatience), from Latin impatientia. Synchronically analyzable as im- +? patience.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?pe???ns/
  • Hyphenation: im?pa?tience

Noun

impatience (countable and uncountable, plural impatiences)

  1. The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.

Antonyms

  • patience
  • haste

Related terms

  • impassivity

Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.pa.sj??s/

Noun

impatience f (plural impatiences)

  1. impatience

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indecision

English

Etymology

From French indécision.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -???n
  • IPA(key): /?nd??s??(?)n/

Noun

indecision (usually uncountable, plural indecisions)

  1. The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist.
    • 1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, chapter 21:
      There was no indecision or delay in the establishment of their relations; Rebecca's heart flew like an arrow to its mark, and her mind, meeting its superior, settled at once into an abiding attitude of respectful homage.

Synonyms

  • (inability to decide): indecisiveness

Translations

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