Fetid vs Acrid - What's the difference?
fetid | acrid | Related terms |
Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent.
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Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
As adjectives the difference between fetid and acrid
is that fetid is foul-smelling, stinking while acrid is sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste; pungent.As a noun fetid
is the foul-smelling asafoetida plant, or its extracts.acrid
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Adjective
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