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Repellent vs Squalid - What's the difference?

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Repellent is a related term of squalid.


As adjectives the difference between repellent and squalid

is that repellent is tending or able to repel; driving back while squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant.

As nouns the difference between repellent and squalid

is that repellent is someone who repels while squalid is (zoology) any member of the squalidae.

repellent

English

(wikipedia repellent)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • tending or able to repel; driving back
  • repulsive, inspiring aversion
  • * '>citation
  • resistant or impervious to something

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • someone who repels
  • a substance used to repel insects
  • a substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something

    • squalid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • A squalid attempt to buy votes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
  • * 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
    • Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods