Gaunt vs Rotund - What's the difference?
gaunt | rotund |
lean, angular and bony
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, year=1894
, author=Joseph Jacobs
, title=The Fables of Aesop
, chapter=1
haggard, drawn and emaciated
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, year=1917
, author=Arthur Conan Doyle
, title=His Last Bow
, chapter=5
bleak, barren and desolate
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, year=1908
, author=William Hope Hodgson
, title=The House on the Borderland
, chapter=14
Having a round or spherical shape; circular; orbicular.
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Round in body shape; portly or plump; podgy.
(of a sound) Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.
As adjectives the difference between gaunt and rotund
is that gaunt is lean, angular and bony while rotund is having a round or spherical shape; circular; orbicular.gaunt
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Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(er)citation, passage=A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by.}}
citation, passage=In the dim light of a foggy November day the sick room was a gloomy spot, but it was that gaunt , wasted face staring at me from the bed which sent a chill to my heart.}}
citation, passage=Behind me, rose up, to an extraordinary height, gaunt , black cliffs. }}