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Bland vs Cloying - What's the difference?

bland | cloying |

As verbs the difference between bland and cloying

is that bland is to mix; blend; mingle while cloying is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between bland and cloying

is that bland is mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave while cloying is unpleasantly excessive.

As a noun bland

is mixture; union.

As a proper noun Bland

is {{surname|lang=en}.

bland

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) blanden, blonden, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To mix; blend; mingle.
  • To connect; associate.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) bland, from (etyl) bland, .

    Alternative forms

    * (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Mixture; union.
  • An agreeable summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
  • Derived terms
    *

    Etymology 3

    Ultimately from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
  • *1818 , (John Keats), Sonnet :
  • *:Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?
  • *
  • *:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland , invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
  • Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
  • :
  • Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
  • :
  • References

    * ----

    cloying

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unpleasantly excessive.
  • The cloying fondness she displayed was what, in the end, drove me away.
  • * August 16 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk :
  • It was a cloying sense of deja vu attached to the team that finished seventh last season, 22 points off the top and drastically in need of some more dynamism.
  • Excessively sweet.
  • Synonyms

    * (unpleasantly excessive) exaggerated * (excessively sweet) syrupy, treacly

    Derived terms

    * cloyingly