Drastic vs Profound - What's the difference?
drastic | profound |
Extreme; severe.
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Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
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Very deep; very serious
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
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Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
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Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
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(obsolete) The deep; the sea; the ocean.
(obsolete) An abyss.
(obsolete) To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
(obsolete) To dive deeply; to penetrate.
As adjectives the difference between drastic and profound
is that drastic is extreme; severe while profound is descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.As a noun profound is
(obsolete) the deep; the sea; the ocean.As a verb profound is
(obsolete) to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.drastic
English
Alternative forms
* drastick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
profound
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A gulf profound
- Profound sciatica
- Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt.
- What humble gestures! What profound reverence!
Noun
(-)- God in the fathomless profound / Hath all this choice commanders drowned. Sandys .
- (Milton)
Verb
(en verb)- (Sir Thomas Browne)