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Lucid vs Livid - What's the difference?

lucid | livid |

As adjectives the difference between lucid and livid

is that lucid is clear; easily understood while livid is livid.

As a noun lucid

is a lucid dream.

lucid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • clear; easily understood
  • * '>citation
  • mentally rational; sane
  • bright, luminous, translucent or transparent

    • Synonyms

    * clear * coherent * fluent * pellucid * perspicuous * straightforward * see-through * transparent

    Derived terms

    * lucid dream * lucidity (noun) * lucidly (adverb)

    Related terms

    * elucidate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lucid dream.
  • * 1986 , Benjamin B. Wolman, Montague Ullman, Handbook of states of consciousness (page 163)
    • The day before nightmare-initiated lucids , subjects reported more depressed feelings

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    livid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Furiously angry.
  • Having a dark, bluish appearance.
  • * 1929 , , Chapter VII, Section vi
    • The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.
  • Pallid.