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Murky vs Turbid - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between murky and turbid

is that murky is hard to see through, as a fog or mist while turbid is having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind.

murky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
  • Gloomy, dark, dim.
  • Obscure, indistinct, cloudy.
  • Dishonest, shady.
  • Synonyms

    * dark

    turbid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; not clear; -- used of liquids of any kind.
  • turbid''' water''; '''''turbid wine

    Synonyms

    * (having the lees or sediment disturbed) confused, cloudy, disordered, disturbed, roiled

    Derived terms

    * turbidity