exiguous vs exigent
Definitions
adjective
- extremely scanty
Examples
He felt insecure because his Catholic education was so exiguous — it amounted to one year at a Jesuit prep school in England.
If Lillian's dessert plate was festooned with candied violets, mine would have an exiguous broken petal or two.
The next step was to take the plug off the flex of the pump, and thread it through the exiguous drainage hole.
Definitions
adjective
- demanding attention
- requiring precise accuracy
Examples
BELL: Now, under the law, police may enter a home without knocking if certain so-called exigent circumstances exist.
If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused, is unjust, or that exigent circumstances justified the actions of the accused, or for any reason which appeals to their logic of passion, the jury has the power to acquit, and the courts must abide by that decision.
A proper respect for the laws that Congress does enact-as well as the inalienable right to liberty-prohibits this court from rewriting the law, no matter how exigent the circumstances.
