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Solemn vs Measured - What's the difference?

solemn | measured |

As adjectives the difference between solemn and measured

is that solemn is deeply serious and somber while measured is that has been determined by measurement.

As a verb measured is

(measure).

solemn

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deeply serious and somber.
  • Somberly impressive.
  • Performed with great ceremony.
  • Sacred.
  • Gloomy or sombre.

    • Derived terms

    * solemnity * solemnize * solemnly * solemnness

    Anagrams

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    measured

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has been determined by measurement.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
  • Deliberate but restrained.
  • :
  • Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (measure)

    • Anagrams

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