Calm vs Boring - What's the difference?
calm | boring |
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
A pit or hole which has been d.
* 1992 , J. Patrick Powers, Construction dewatering: new methods and applications , p. 191:
Fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.
As adjectives the difference between calm and boring
is that calm is peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety while boring is causing boredom.As nouns the difference between calm and boring
is that calm is the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion while boring is a pit or hole which has been bored.As verbs the difference between calm and boring
is that calm is to make calm while boring is present participle of lang=en.calm
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Adjective
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* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
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* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
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* calm down, cool off, ease, pacify, quieten, soothe, subdueAnagrams
* ----boring
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Noun
(en noun)- It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.
