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Lethargic vs Obtunded - What's the difference?

lethargic | obtunded |

As adjectives the difference between lethargic and obtunded

is that lethargic is sluggish, slow while obtunded is describing someone who is far from alert or oriented to time and space, and exhibits other signs being confused, a state just short of frank delirium.

As a verb obtunded is

past tense of obtund.

lethargic

English

Alternative forms

* lethargick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • sluggish, slow
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=[That cat] hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. Lethargic is the word that springs to the lips. If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now.}}
  • indifferent, apathetic

    • Synonyms

    * torpid * lazy * unmoving

    Related terms

    * alethic, alethiology, philalethia * lethargy * Lethe

    obtunded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obtund)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Describing someone who is far from alert or oriented to time and space, and exhibits other signs being confused, a state just short of frank delirium.