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Insensible vs Languid - What's the difference?

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Insensible is a related term of languid.


As adjectives the difference between insensible and languid

is that insensible is unable to be perceived by the senses while languid is languid.

insensible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unable to be perceived by the senses.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • Two small and almost insensible pricks were found upon Cleopatra's arm.
  • * Dryden
    • They fall away, / And languish with insensible decay.
  • Incapable or deprived of physical sensation.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible , gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck?; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”}}
  • Unable to be understood; unintelligible.
  • Not sensible or reasonable; meaningless.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • If it make the indictment be insensible or uncertain, it shall be quashed.
  • Incapable of mental feeling; indifferent.
  • * Dryden
    • Lost in their loves, insensible of shame.
  • * Sir H. Wotton
    • Accept an obligation without being a slave to the giver, or insensible to his kindness.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 138
    • In spite of her deep-rooted dislike, she could not be insensible to the compliment of such a man's affection...
  • Incapable of emotional feeling; callous; apathetic.

    • Derived terms

    * insensibility * insensibly

    Synonyms

    * (incapable of emotional feeling) insensitive

    Antonyms

    * sensible

    languid

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength; drooping or flagging from weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy; indisposed to exertion; sluggish; relaxed: as, languid movements; languid breathing.
  • * — As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.
  • * — I was languid and dull and very bad company when I wrote the above; I am better now, to my own feelings at least, and wish I may be more agreeable.
  • Heavy; dull; dragging; wanting spirit or animation; listless; apathetic.
    • Synonyms
    * exhausted * faint * listless * swear/sweer * weak * weary
    Related terms
    * languish * languor * languorous

    Etymology 2

    Alteration of (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A languet in an organ (musical instrument).
  • * 1913 , Standard Organ Building , page 150:
    • As may be required, a small hole is bored in either of the languids', or in the back of the pipe in the space between the two '''languids'''. By this means, in addition to the current of air passing between the ' languids and the lower lip,

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