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Pallid vs Ruddy - What's the difference?

pallid | ruddy |

As adjectives the difference between pallid and ruddy

is that pallid is appearing weak, pale or wan while ruddy is reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

As a noun ruddy is

(informal) ruddy duck.

As a verb ruddy is

to make reddish in colour.

pallid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Appearing weak, pale or wan.
    • The patient left the hospital but was very pallid .

    Synonyms

    * ashen * pale * pasty * ghastly

    Derived terms

    * pallidity * pallidly * pallidness * pallid bat * pallid cuckoo * pallid harrier * pallid sturgeon

    Related terms

    * pale * pallor

    ruddy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
  • (British, slang) A mild intensifier.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    * (reddish in color) rosy * (intensifier) bally, bleeding, blimming, bloody, blooming * See also

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (ruddies)
  • (informal) ruddy duck
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 4, author=Deborah Baldwin, title=Close to Nature, and the Airport, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In winter, snow geese land at West Pond, a Robert Moses legacy that ought to be called Duck Soup: at this time of year look for ruddies , greater scaups, Northern pintails, American widgeons and gadwalls. }}

    Verb

  • To make reddish in colour.
    • The sunset ruddied our faces.
    (Sir Walter Scott)
    English intensifiers