✅ Hasty describes something that is done quickly, often without thought (He grabbed the wrong lunch because he was being hasty).

✅ Impulsive describes something that happens on impulse, or because of a sudden desire or idea (Buying a boat was an impulsive decision).

✅ Impulsive and hasty both describe people who follow their immediate, often emotional, ideas and desires.

✅ Hasty emphasizes the idea of doing something too quickly (He was hasty in his reply and accidentally caused offense). Impulsive emphasizes the idea of doing something because you suddenly decided you wanted or needed to (Her impulsive choices generally paid off).

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✅ Assertive describes someone who is self-assured and confident in their viewpoint or ideas, and gets their point across in a strong and sometimes aggressive way (It’s important to be assertive about your needs).

✅ Emphatic describes someone who is forceful and insistent with their ideas and views in the moment (They were emphatic in their speech about the environment).

✅ Assertive is generally a positive word, but can be used in sexist ways—men are often called assertive, when the same behavior in women might be called aggressive (We raised our children to be strong-willed and assertive).

✅ Emphatic emphasizes being insistent about a certain viewpoint or idea, and is not generally used to describe a character trait (She was emphatic that we should not cut our trees down).

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✅ Unpredictable describes something that can’t be predicted or foreseen (unpredictable weather), while erratic describes something that is inconsistent, irregular, and also unpredictable (erratic changes in mood).

✅ Erratic and unpredictable both describe things that are unusual in timing or in the way that they happen, which doesn’t necessarily mean strange or weird (The dog walked around the garden in an erratic way; Her meal choices were unpredictable).

✅ Unpredictable emphasizes the idea of not knowing what will happen before it actually happens. Erratic emphasizes the idea of things happening in an inconsistent or irregular way. For example, if unpredictable weather happens on a regular basis, it’s not erratic.

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