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Glacial vs Wintry - What's the difference?

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Glacial is a related term of wintry.


As a proper noun glacial

is (geology) of the pleistocene period dominated by the presence of glaciers.

As an adjective wintry is

suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.

glacial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, or relating to glaciers
  • * We examined the glacial deposits
  • (figuratively) very slow
  • * 2010 , "Under the volcano", The Economist , 16 Oct 2010:
    • Progress on judicial reform has been glacial , meeting enormous resistance.
  • cold and icy
  • * After the rain and frost, the pavements were glacial
  • having the appearance of ice
  • * On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle
  • cool and unfriendly
  • * He gave me a glacial stare

    • Derived terms

    * englacial * interglacial * monoglacial * postglacial * preglacial * proglacial * subglacial * supraglacial ----

    wintry

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wintery

    Adjective

    (er)
  • suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy
  • aged, white(-haired etc.)
  • chilling, cheerless

    • Synonyms

    * (suggestive or characteristic of winter) brumal, hibernal, hiemal

    Derived terms

    * unwintry * wintrify * wintrily * wintriness * wintry mix * wintry shower

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