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Raging vs Lethargic - What's the difference?

raging | lethargic |

As adjectives the difference between raging and lethargic

is that raging is volatile, very active or unpredictable while lethargic is sluggish, slow.

As a verb raging

is .

As a noun raging

is a display of rage.

raging

English

Verb

(head)
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging . No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Volatile, very active or unpredictable.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A display of rage.
  • *
  • To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!

    lethargic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lethargick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • sluggish, slow
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=[That cat] hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. Lethargic is the word that springs to the lips. If you cast an eye on him, you will see that he's asleep now.}}
  • indifferent, apathetic
  • Synonyms

    * torpid * lazy * unmoving