Placid vs Pathetic - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between placid and pathetic

is that placid is serene; calm while pathetic is arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.

(en adjective)

calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil

a placid disposition

a placid lake

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* placidness * placidity

* pathetick (archaic) * patheticke (obsolete) * pathetique (obsolete)

(en adjective)

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.

The old man’s pathetic pleas for forgiveness stirred the young man’s heart.

Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.

You can't even run two miles? That’s pathetic .

You're almost 26 years old and you still can't hold a real job? That's pathetic .

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(obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

* (arousing pity) pitiful, wretched, miserable, deplorable, pathetisad * (arousing scorn) disgraceful, shameful, despicable, dishonorable

* patheticism * patheticness

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