Calm vs Inert - What's the difference?
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(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
Unable to move or act; inanimate.
Sluggish or lethargic.
In chemistry, not readily reacting with other elements or compounds.
Having no therapeutic action.
Calm is a related term of inert.
As adjectives the difference between calm and inert
is that calm is (of a person) peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety while inert is unable to move or act; inanimate.As nouns the difference between calm and inert
is that calm is (in a person) the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion while inert is (chemistry) a substance that does not react chemically.As a verb calm
is to make calm.calm
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* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
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* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus