different between restive vs apprehensive

English

Etymology

Modification of earlier restiff, from Middle English restyf, from Old French restif, from rester (“stay, remain”), from Latin rest?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???st?v/
• Hyphenation: res?tive

Adjective

restive (comparative more restive, superlative most restive)

1. Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
   • 1914, Bram Stoker, "Dracula's Guest" in Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories:

     The horses were now more restive than ever, and Johann was trying to hold them in.
2. Resistant to control; stubborn.
3. Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.

Synonyms

• (impatient under duress): anxious, champing at the bit, fidgety, restless, uneasy
• (resistant of control): disobedient, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unruly
• (refusing to move): balky

Derived terms

• restively
• restiveness

Translations

Anagrams

• Ivester, Servite, Sievert, sievert, tervies, veriest

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æp???h?ns?v/

Adjective

apprehensive (comparative more apprehensive, superlative most apprehensive)

1. Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
2. Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
   • 1670, John Milton, History of Britain

     More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.

   Synonym: quick on the uptake

Derived terms

• apprehensively

Translations