different between turbid vs torpid

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)

1. (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

2. Smoky or misty.

   Synonyms: fumid, hazy; see also Thesaurus:nebulous

3. 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

English

Etymology

From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

Adjective

torpid (comparative more torpid, superlative most torpid)

1. unmoving
2. dormant or hibernating
3. lazy, lethargic or apathetic

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:torpid.

Synonyms

• (unmoving): motionless, stock-still; see also Thesaurus:stationary
• (dormant): latent, quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive
• (lazy, lethargic or apathetic): lethargic; see also Thesaurus:slow or Thesaurus:lazy

Related terms

• torpidity
• torpidness

Related terms

• torpor
• torpedo

Translations

Noun

torpid (plural torpids)

1. (Britain, Oxford University slang) An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

Anagrams

• tripod

Romanian

Etymology

From French torpide, from Latin torpidus.

Adjective

torpid m or n (feminine singular torpid?, masculine plural torpizi, feminine and neuter plural torpide)

1. torpid

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