different between impatient vs wanting
impatient
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)
- Restless and intolerant of delays.
- The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.
- Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.
- (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
- 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?
- 1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, III. ii. 287:
Derived terms
- impatiently
- impatience
- impassive
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.pa.sj??/
Adjective
impatient (feminine singular impatiente, masculine plural impatients, feminine plural impatientes)
- impatient
Noun
impatient m (plural impatients, feminine impatiente)
- impatient person
Further reading
- “impatient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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wanting
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?nt??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?nt??/
- Rhymes: -?nt??
Etymology 1
From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want +? -ing.
Adjective
wanting (comparative more wanting, superlative most wanting)
- That wants or desires.
- Absent or lacking.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 171,
- […] but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 171,
- Deficient.
Derived terms
- wantingly
Translations
Preposition
wanting
- Without, except, but.
- Less, short of, minus.
Verb
wanting
- present participle of want
Etymology 2
From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, equivalent to want +? -ing.
Noun
wanting (countable and uncountable, plural wantings)
- The state of wanting something; desire.
- 2004, Joseph H. Casey S.J., Life, Love, and Sex
- Choice occurs only when we experience a conflict of wantings.
- 2004, Joseph H. Casey S.J., Life, Love, and Sex
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