Mild vs Voluble - What's the difference?
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Gentle and not easily provoked.
(of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity.
Not keenly felt or seriously intended.
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(of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.
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(of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.
Not sharp, or strong in flavor.
(British) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale
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(of a person or a manner of speaking) Fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious; tonguey.
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Expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.
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* 1922 , , Ulysses , Episode 9:
Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.
* 1935 , , Zulu Paraclete: A Sentimental Record , Peter Davies,
(botany) Twisting and turning like a vine.
Mild is a related term of voluble.
As adjectives the difference between mild and voluble
is that mild is gentle and not easily provoked while voluble is (of a person or a manner of speaking) fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious; tonguey.As a noun mild
is (british) a relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale.mild
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Synonyms
* soft, gentle, bland, calm, tranquil, soothing, pleasant, placid, meek, kind, tender, indulgent, clement, mollifying, lenitive, assuasive * See alsoAntonyms
* strong * harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeableNoun
(en noun)- 'Let me get this for the lady,' I said to Fange, who was pulling her a pint of mild .
- But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter or mild that was effectively half as strong.
Derived terms
* mild and bitterExternal links
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A most acute juvenal; voluble and free of grace!
- What fun shone in his eyes as he recalled some of her fine speeches, and repeated them, imitating her voluble delivery!
- But Wolf Larsen seemed voluble , prone to speech as I had never seen him before.
- [H]e heard the voice of the drunken woman, now sober, poured out in voluble' remorse, and in ' voluble promise of amendment for the future, to every one who passed, if they would let her off easy.
- As a rule Lady Anne's displeasure became articulate and markedly voluble after four minutes of introductory muteness.
- In the daylit corridor he talked with voluble pains of zeal.
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- Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion.