Phlegm vs Calm - What's the difference?
phlegm | calm |
(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.
* 1993 , William Dalrymple, City of Djinns , HarperCollins 1993:
Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing.
* 2005 , "Endangered Species?" Hannah Beech, Time , 14 Nov 2005:
(historical, chemistry, alchemy) A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution.
Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.
* 1942 , "Warning to Sweden", Time , 5 Oct 1942:
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
As nouns the difference between phlegm and calm
is that phlegm is (historical) one of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus while calm is (in a person) the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.As an adjective calm is
(of a person) peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.As a verb calm is
to make calm.phlegm
English
(wikipedia phlegm)Noun
(en-noun)- Each person's unique mixture of these substances determines his temperament: a predominance of blood gives a sanguine temperament; a predominance of phlegm makes one phlegmatic; yellow bile, bilious (or choleric); and black bile, melancholic.
- "Even some members of the new bourgeoisie indulge in conspicuously boorish behavior, like hawking phlegm onto the pavement or picking their noses at business meetings."
- But Swedish Nazis also talked of the necessity of saving Sweden from Bolshevism, and with the menacing Berlin radio gnawing in their ears many Swedes lost their Scandinavian phlegm .
calm
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Adjective
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* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
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* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
