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Apoplectic vs Livid - What's the difference?

apoplectic | livid |

As adjectives the difference between apoplectic and livid

is that apoplectic is of, or relating to apoplexy while livid is furiously angry.

apoplectic

English

Adjective

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  • Of, or relating to apoplexy.
  • Marked by extreme anger or fury.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=13 March , author=Chris Bevan , title=Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break. }}
  • (archaic) Effused with blood.

    • Quotations

    * 1960 — , To Kill a Mockingbird , ch 11 *: Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic . * 2005 — (author?), The New Yorker , (page?) (12 Dec) *: "Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval."

    Related terms

    * apoplexy

    livid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Furiously angry.
  • Having a dark, bluish appearance.
  • * 1929 , , Chapter VII, Section vi
    • The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.
  • Pallid.