The difference between Bitter and Optimistic

When used as adjectives, bitter means having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance), whereas optimistic means expecting the best in all possible ways.


Bitter is also noun with the meaning: a liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

Bitter is also verb with the meaning: to make bitter.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bitter and Optimistic

  1. Bitter as an adjective:

    Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).

    Examples:

    "The coffee tasted bitter."

  2. Bitter as an adjective:

    Harsh, piercing or stinging.

  3. Bitter as an adjective:

    Hateful or hostile.

    Examples:

    "They're bitter enemies."

  4. Bitter as an adjective:

    Cynical and resentful.

    Examples:

    "I've been bitter ever since that defeat."

  1. Bitter as a noun (usually in the plural [[bitters]]):

    A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

  2. Bitter as a noun:

    A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

  3. Bitter as a noun (nautical):

    A turn of a cable about the bitts.

  1. Bitter as a verb:

    To make bitter.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Wolcott"

  1. Bitter as a noun (computing, informal, in combination):

    A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).

  1. Optimistic as an adjective:

    Expecting the best in all possible ways.

    Examples:

    "ant pessimistic"

    "in an optimistic mood"

    "'optimistic plans"

    "took an optimistic view"

  2. Optimistic as an adjective (computing):

    Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.

    Examples:

    "'optimistic concurrency"

    " optimistic locking"

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