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Lurid vs Squalid - What's the difference?

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Lurid is a related term of squalid.


In zoology|lang=en terms the difference between lurid and squalid

is that lurid is (zoology) having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey while squalid is (zoology) any member of the squalidae.

As adjectives the difference between lurid and squalid

is that lurid is shocking, horrifying while squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant.

As a noun squalid is

(zoology) any member of the squalidae.

lurid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shocking, horrifying.
    • The accident was described with'' ''lurid'' ''detail.
  • Melodramatic.
  • Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
  • * Thomson
    • Fierce o'er their beauty blazed the lurid flame.
  • * Tennyson
    • Wrapped in drifts of lurid smoke / On the misty river tide.
  • Being of a light yellow hue.
    • Some paperback novels have lurid covers.
    The lurid lighting of the bar made for a very hazy atmosphere.
  • (botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
  • (zoology) Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey.
    • (Webster 1913)

    squalid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • A squalid attempt to buy votes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
  • * 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
    • Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods