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Placid vs Tranquil - What's the difference?

placid | tranquil |

Tranquil is a synonym of placid.

Tranquil is a antonym of placid.



As adjectives the difference between placid and tranquil

is that placid is calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil while tranquil is free from emotional or mental disturbance.

placid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
    • a placid disposition
    a placid lake
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    • Derived terms

    * placidness * placidity

    tranquil

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
  • * 1847 , , chapter XXVIII
    • Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
  • Calm; without motion or sound.
  • * 1921 , Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography , page 262
    • that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil' because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their ' tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.

    Synonyms

    * (free from emotional disturbance) calm, peaceful, serene, steady * peaceful

    Antonyms

    * (free from emotional disturbance) agitated

    Related terms

    * tranquillity * tranquillize * tranquilly * tranquilness