different between stagnant vs humid

English

Etymology

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stæ?n?nt/

Adjective

stagnant (comparative more stagnant, superlative most stagnant)

1. Lacking freshness, motion, or flow; decaying through stillness.

2. (figuratively) Without progress or change; stale; inactive.

Derived terms

• stagnant hypoxia
• stagnantly
• stagnancy

Related terms

• stagnate
• stagflation

Translations

French

Verb

stagnant

1. present participle of stagner

Adjective

stagnant (feminine singular stagnante, masculine plural stagnants, feminine plural stagnantes)

1. stagnant

Further reading

• “stagnant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans.

Adjective

stagnant m or n (feminine singular stagnant?, masculine plural stagnan?i, feminine and neuter plural stagnante)

1. stagnant

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus, umidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *weg?- (“wet”) related to English weaky.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hju?m?d/

Adjective

humid (comparative humider, superlative humidest)

1. Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.

   Synonyms: damp, moist; see also Thesaurus:wet

   • 1667 - John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667)

     Evening cloud, or humid bow.

Derived terms

• humidor

Related terms

• humidity

Translations

Further reading

• humid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• humid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• humid at OneLook Dictionary Search