different between foggy vs turbid
foggy
English
Etymology
fog +? -y
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??i
Adjective
foggy (comparative foggier, superlative foggiest)
- Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy
- (figuratively) Confused, befuddled, etc.
Derived terms
- fogginess
Translations
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turbid
English
Etymology
From Middle English turbide, borrowed from Latin turbidus (“disturbed”), from turba (“mass, throng, crowd, tumult, disturbance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??(?)b?d/
Adjective
turbid (comparative more turbid, superlative most turbid)
- (of a liquid) Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XXIII [Uniform ed., p. 217]:
- He perceived more clearly the cruelty of Nature, to whom our refinement and piety are but as bubbles, hurrying downwards on the turbid waters.
- Synonyms: confused, cloudy, disordered, disturbed, droff, roiled
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XXIII [Uniform ed., p. 217]:
- Smoky or misty.
- Synonyms: fumid, hazy; see also Thesaurus:nebulous
- Unclear; confused; obscure.
- Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible, Thesaurus:vague
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Further reading
- turbid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- turbid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- turbid at OneLook Dictionary Search
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