Dangerous vs. Adventurous — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dangerous and Adventurous
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Definitions
Dangerous➦
Able or likely to cause harm or injury
Insecticides which are dangerous to the environment
A dangerous animal
Adventurous➦
Willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences
An adventurous traveller
Dangerous➦
Involving or filled with danger; perilous.
Adventurous➦
Inclined to undertake new and daring enterprises
"routes first sailed ... by another generation of tough, adventurous seafarers, the clipper men" (Tim Zimmermann).
Dangerous➦
Being able or likely to do harm.
Adventurous➦
Requiring or characterized by boldness or daring; hazardous; risky
Adventurous travels.
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Dangerous➦
Full of danger.
Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.
Adventurous➦
Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
Dangerous➦
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
Adventurous➦
Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
Take an adventurous viewpoint
Dangerous➦
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Adventurous➦
Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; - applied to persons.
Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.
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Dangerous➦
Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;The ways are dangerous.
It is dangerous to assert a negative.
Adventurous➦
Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; - applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
Dangerous➦
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
If they incline to think you dangerousTo less than gods.
Adventurous➦
Willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises;
Adventurous pioneers
The risks and gains of an adventuresome economy
Dangerous➦
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Dangerous➦
Hard to suit; difficult to please.
My wages ben full strait, and eke full small;My lord to me is hard and dangerous.
Dangerous➦
Reserved; not affable.
Dangerous➦
Involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm;
A dangerous criminal
A dangerous bridge
Unemployment reached dangerous proportions
Dangerous➦
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
A dangerous operation
A grave situation
A grave illness
Grievous bodily harm
A serious wound
A serious turn of events
A severe case of pneumonia
A life-threatening disease
