Bland vs Flavorless - What's the difference?
bland | flavorless |
Mixture; union.
An agreeable summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
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?
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*:“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.
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Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
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Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.
* 1876 September, , Volume 9,
* 1882 , , Chapter XVIII,
Flat; lacking character or definition.
* 1902 , , IV: A Buckeye Hollow Inheritance,
As a proper noun bland
is .As an adjective flavorless is
lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.bland
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) blanden, blonden, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) bland, from (etyl) bland, .Alternative forms
* (Scotland)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
*Etymology 3
Ultimately from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)References
* ----flavorless
English
Alternative forms
* flavourless (British spelling)Adjective
(en adjective)- Salt oysters, on being transferred to fresh water, are "fattened" in the course of two or three days ; if allowed to remain longer they become lean again, and are flavorless .
- and as for fruit, the high garden wall was lined with pear trees, spread out flat against it, where they managed to produce a cold, flavorless fruit, a good deal akin to cucumbers.
- and the gravestone of its dead owner on the hill was no more flavorless of his personality than was this plain house in which he had lived and died.
