What's the difference between antsy and apprehensive?

Antsy


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A couple of hours later and he was still going, pacing the room like an especially antsy panther, bouncing on the bed with childlike glee.
  • (2) Was it the equivalent of political Dunkin’ Donuts, frisbeed to the reactionaries in his party, in the papers and on the airwaves, who’ve been a bit antsy about all his talk of sweating blood to achieve Indigenous recognition in the constitution?
  • (3) Campbell on … Letting the cameras in at Downing Street Michael Cockerell's 2000 film, News from Number 10, offered unprecedented access to the Downing Street press offices 18 April 2000 London and Belfast TB was still very antsy re Cockerell, wouldn't let them film on the plane for example.
  • (4) And when they see headlines declaring Gove ordered money to be raided from funds allocated to tackling the place shortage and used instead to pay for free schools – regularly referred to by Labour as a coalition vanity project – they rightly get antsy.
  • (5) An antsy liberal press pushes the idea of one of the leadership candidacy androids being able to court Tory voters, despite seeming completely unable to convince their own, and frets that Jeremy Corbyn will lead Labour to the left and alienate public opinion.
  • (6) There was only so much of the magazine bookshelf and Toblerone bars one can gaze at before getting antsy, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why.
  • (7) The price is likely to be a little less steep than it would have been for the first five picks, and this might also be the point at which teams down the order begin to get antsy, as the top talents at key positions like offensive tackle disappear off the board.
  • (8) Their relationship hasn't always been so antsy, however.
  • (9) If I don't take him somewhere, he gets a bit antsy.
  • (10) Still no points here, and even some former pros are beginning to get antsy.

Apprehensive


Definition:

  • (a.) Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
  • (a.) Knowing; conscious; cognizant.
  • (a.) Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
  • (a.) Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
  • (a.) Sensible; feeling; perceptive.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, it is easier for them to cope with anxiety because premedication pacifies the patients, whereas each of the dependent variables, such as apprehension, is influenced differently.
  • (2) Environmental campaigners had been apprehensive about the chances of the Senate ratifying a new international treaty – a successor to the Kyoto protocol – to combat global warming unless a consensus had already been reached on Capitol Hill.
  • (3) Family unit apprehensions are indeed at a historical high and UAC apprehensions are surging back to levels seen in 2014 .
  • (4) He was slightly apprehensive, and more than a little starstruck when he subsequently met the real Tippi Hedren.
  • (5) The surgical technique uses a local anesthetic containing a vasoconstrictor or an ultralight intravenous general anesthetic in addition to the local anesthetic for the apprehensive or acutely infected patient.
  • (6) Change in anesthesiologists may have been a factor in increasing apprehension and anesthetic dosage in later treatments.
  • (7) Apprehension mounted but Liverpool's title pursuit could not be derailed.
  • (8) The most frequent reason for closing the unit was the apprehension the patient would leave the hospital.
  • (9) The busy atmosphere and routine of a hospital is apt to induce apprehension in a patient about to have a surgical operation.
  • (10) Shine waited 18 hours before she could see her baby for the first time and reflected on how Google Glass could have been used in those initial 18 hours to ease some of her apprehensions and fears.
  • (11) To improve early diagnosis of gastric carcinoma (GC), it is recommended that every endoscopic investigation be performed with oncological apprehension, paying attention even to the minimum focal changes in the gastric mucosa and making spot biopsy of those changes.
  • (12) We felt by the end of the process we were prepared, if a bit apprehensive.
  • (13) He requires patience, understanding, and repeated explanations to allay his apprehension and anxiety.
  • (14) They have drastically reduced the number of interior deportations – those involving apprehensions that occur away from the border and usually involve individuals who have lived in the US for years – by activating a “ Priority Enforcement Program ”.
  • (15) At a media day held to mark the completion of the training and arranged before the tragedy, soldier after soldier came forward to insist that, though they were apprehensive, they were determined to do a good job, partly to make sure that their six colleagues had not died in vain.
  • (16) Because of an apprehension of an unnecessary death occurring during their treatment, healers frequently refer cases, from traditional to modern medicine and from general practitioner to hospital.
  • (17) The speaker of the House has offered an explanation for the apprehension of a suspect in a planned Capitol shooting at odds with the FBI’s description of the case.
  • (18) He decided to resign, but was strangely apprehensive, fearing that he would never get another job.
  • (19) If McCroskey's distinction between trait and situation-based state is appropriate, personality variables ordinarily associated with trait apprehension about communication should not correlate as highly with forms defined as more situation specific, such as anxiety about public speaking.
  • (20) Mumbaikars are excited, but also apprehensive: opportunities like this have been hijacked and squandered in the past.

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