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Lethargic vs Trite - What's the difference?

lethargic | trite |

As adjectives the difference between lethargic and trite

is that lethargic is sluggish, slow while trite is worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).

As a noun trite is

a denomination of coinage in ancient greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

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

    trite

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).
  • * 2007 , Danielle Corsetto, '' Girls with Slingshots: 267
  • McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite !
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    Etymology 2

    (en) (wikipedia trite)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
  • , a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
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