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Flaccid vs Swollen - What's the difference?

flaccid | swollen | Related terms |

Flaccid is a related term of swollen.


As adjectives the difference between flaccid and swollen

is that flaccid is flabby while swollen is distended.

As a verb swollen is

.

flaccid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Flabby.
  • * 1955 , Joseph Heller, Catch-22 , chapter 13, page 140:
    • Colonel Korn, a stocky, dark, flaccid man with a shapeless paunch, sat completely relaxed on one of the benches in the front row, his hands clasped comfortably over the top of his bald and swarthy head.
  • Soft; floppy.
  • * 2006 , Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality , page 93:
    • They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]
  • Lacking energy or vigor.
  • *

    • Antonyms

    * erect * firm

    swollen

    English

    Adjective

    (more)
  • distended

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en