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Acidulous vs Sardonic - What's the difference?

acidulous | sardonic |

As adjectives the difference between acidulous and sardonic

is that acidulous is slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish while sardonic is scornfully mocking or cynical.

acidulous

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish.
  • * Edmund Burke
    • an acidulous tincture
  • * 1931': He talked with '''acidulous tolerance of the exalted personages who had sent Ashenden to X. -- , ''His Excellency

    • sardonic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Scornfully mocking or cynical.
    • He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • strained, sardonic smiles
  • * Burke
    • the scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian
  • Disdainfully or ironically humorous.

    • Related terms

    * Sardonian