What's the difference between intemperance and intemperancy?
Intemperance
Definition:
(n.) The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.
(n.) Specifically: Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
Example Sentences:
(1) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
(2) Aside from the fact that it is intemperate and inaccurate, it is also libelous.
(3) Fatal CHD, on the other hand, was strongly associated with registration for intemperance.
(4) Source: EUMETSAT The rain blame If the weather has turned intemperate, so has the argument about who is to blame.
(5) The targets of Karzai's often intemperate outbursts were equally frustrated, dubbing the president "feckless" and "unreliable", briefing that he was "paranoid" and possibly abusing prescription drugs.
(6) Over a supper of brill, roast beef, and lemon parfait, the leaders, not having to take a quick decision, seemed to chill a bit, taking the heat out of the increasingly intemperate exchanges that have marked the past few weeks.
(7) The consequences of alcoholic intemperance and economic problems on CHD mortality and morbidity were studied among the participants in a large primary preventive trial.
(8) His friend, Samuel Johnson, was a Tory and, according to Boswell, regularly "attacked the Americans with intemperate violence of abuse".
(9) But in Barton's case, one wonders how much his intemperateness has been detrimental to his football and to his progression in the game.
(10) The association of condoms with sexual intemperance, along with concerns about their efficacy, helped to support the idea that abstinence was the only acceptable prophylaxis for sexually transmitted disease.
(11) "He is an immensely personable, warm man, although his language at times, on issues such as gay marriage, can be intemperate," she said.
(12) At the extremes of this debate we have seen at times language or actions that are intemperate.
(13) When I ask if his public attacks on Blatter and Fifa might have been rashly intemperate, his tone is nonchalantly defiant.
(14) Subjects registered with the Board of Social Welfare were categorised with respect to increasing load of alcoholic intemperance.
(15) We've tried to conduct this debate in a sensible manner especially at a time when the economy's still pretty weak and for him to use such intemperate language really is unacceptable."
(16) When asked about the social media backlash from the public, Lee said: "I don't think you should judge the programme by the extreme reaction represented by a handful of very intemperate tweets."
(17) The quality of discourse will inevitably deteriorate and the intemperate trends we are already seeing in much of Europe will proliferate.
(18) A multivariate analysis was performed, controlling for smoking, systolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol, which showed that the association between intemperance and fatal CHD was independent of these factors.
(19) There has been intemperate and extreme comment from both sides on social media and in online commentary.
(20) One clue is in the stunning helicopter rescue performed by Simone Moro, Steck's climbing partner, whose intemperate language provoked the confrontation at Camp 2.
Intemperancy
Definition:
(n.) Intemperance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
(2) Aside from the fact that it is intemperate and inaccurate, it is also libelous.
(3) Fatal CHD, on the other hand, was strongly associated with registration for intemperance.
(4) Source: EUMETSAT The rain blame If the weather has turned intemperate, so has the argument about who is to blame.
(5) The targets of Karzai's often intemperate outbursts were equally frustrated, dubbing the president "feckless" and "unreliable", briefing that he was "paranoid" and possibly abusing prescription drugs.
(6) Over a supper of brill, roast beef, and lemon parfait, the leaders, not having to take a quick decision, seemed to chill a bit, taking the heat out of the increasingly intemperate exchanges that have marked the past few weeks.
(7) The consequences of alcoholic intemperance and economic problems on CHD mortality and morbidity were studied among the participants in a large primary preventive trial.
(8) His friend, Samuel Johnson, was a Tory and, according to Boswell, regularly "attacked the Americans with intemperate violence of abuse".
(9) But in Barton's case, one wonders how much his intemperateness has been detrimental to his football and to his progression in the game.
(10) The association of condoms with sexual intemperance, along with concerns about their efficacy, helped to support the idea that abstinence was the only acceptable prophylaxis for sexually transmitted disease.
(11) "He is an immensely personable, warm man, although his language at times, on issues such as gay marriage, can be intemperate," she said.
(12) At the extremes of this debate we have seen at times language or actions that are intemperate.
(13) When I ask if his public attacks on Blatter and Fifa might have been rashly intemperate, his tone is nonchalantly defiant.
(14) Subjects registered with the Board of Social Welfare were categorised with respect to increasing load of alcoholic intemperance.
(15) We've tried to conduct this debate in a sensible manner especially at a time when the economy's still pretty weak and for him to use such intemperate language really is unacceptable."
(16) When asked about the social media backlash from the public, Lee said: "I don't think you should judge the programme by the extreme reaction represented by a handful of very intemperate tweets."
(17) The quality of discourse will inevitably deteriorate and the intemperate trends we are already seeing in much of Europe will proliferate.
(18) A multivariate analysis was performed, controlling for smoking, systolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol, which showed that the association between intemperance and fatal CHD was independent of these factors.
(19) There has been intemperate and extreme comment from both sides on social media and in online commentary.
(20) One clue is in the stunning helicopter rescue performed by Simone Moro, Steck's climbing partner, whose intemperate language provoked the confrontation at Camp 2.