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Rancid vs Addled - What's the difference?

rancid | addled |

As adjectives the difference between rancid and addled

is that rancid is being rank in taste or smell while addled is bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo.

As a verb addled is

past tense of addle.

rancid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being rank in taste or smell.
    • The house was deserted, with a rancid half-eaten meal still on the dinner table.
  • offensive
    • His remarks were rancid ; everyone got up and left.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "rancid" often gets applied: food, butter, meat, milk, fat, oil, smell, odor, taste.

    Related terms

    * rancidification * rancidly * rancidness * rancor

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    addled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (addle)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of eggs) bad, rotten; inviable, containing a dead embryo
  • Confused]]; [[mix up, mixed up.
  • (obsolete) morbid, corrupt, putrid, or barren. Webster's Dictionary 1828 edition

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