different between restive vs impatient

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

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)

1. Restless and intolerant of delays.

   • The impatient man will not give himself time to be informed of the matter that lies before him.

2. Anxious and eager, especially to begin something.
3. (obsolete) Not to be borne; unendurable.
4. 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?

Derived terms

• impatiently
• impatience
• impassive

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pa.sj??/

Adjective

impatient (feminine singular impatiente, masculine plural impatients, feminine plural impatientes)

1. impatient

Noun

impatient m (plural impatients, feminine impatiente)

1. impatient person

Further reading

• “impatient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).