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Extempore vs Spontaneous - What's the difference?

extempore | spontaneous |

As adjectives the difference between extempore and spontaneous

is that extempore is carried out with no preparation; impromptu while spontaneous is self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.

As an adverb extempore

is without preparation; extemporaneously.

As a noun extempore

is something improvised.

extempore

English

Alternative forms

* ex tempore

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • carried out with no preparation; impromptu
  • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • without preparation; extemporaneously
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something improvised.
  • spontaneous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
  • He made a spontaneous offer of help.
  • Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
  • proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint
  • arising from a momentary impulse
  • controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
  • produced without being planted or without human labor]]; [[endemic, indigenous
  • a spontaneous growth of wood
  • Random.
  • Sudden, without warning.
  • Synonyms

    * (self-generated) autonomous * (sense, done by one's own free choice) autonomous * autonomous

    Derived terms

    * spontaneousity