Peaceful vs Bland - What's the difference?
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Not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil.
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Motionless and calm.
Mixture; union.
An agreeable summer beverage prepared from the whey of churned milk, common among the inhabitants of the Shetland Islands.
Mild; soft, gentle, balmy; smooth in manner; suave.
*1818 , (John Keats), Sonnet :
*:Where didst thou find, young Bard, thy sounding lyre? / Where the bland accent, and the tender tone?
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland , invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
Having a soothing effect; not irritating or stimulating.
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Lacking in taste, flavor, or vigor.
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Peaceful is a related term of bland.
As an adjective peaceful
is not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil.As a proper noun bland is
.peaceful
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Alternative forms
* peacefull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
