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Sipid vs Insipid - What's the difference?

sipid | insipid |

As adjectives the difference between sipid and insipid

is that sipid is (obsolete) having a taste or flavour; savoury; sapid while insipid is insipid.

sipid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Having a taste or flavour; savoury; sapid.
    • (Cockeram)
    (Webster 1913)

    insipid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unappetizingly flavorless.
    • The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
  • Flat; lacking character or definition.
    • The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
  • Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.
    • Greeting cards contain some of the most insipid words ever written.

    Synonyms

    * boring * wearish * corny * fatuous * juvenile * tasteless * vacuous * vapid * dull * bland * colourless, colorless * characterless

    Derived terms

    * insipidly * insipidness * insipidity

    Related terms

    * insipient