Sober vs Sane - What's the difference?
sober | sane |
not drunk; not intoxicated
not given to excessive drinking of alcohol
* Book of Common Prayer
moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled
* Dryden
* 2005 , .
dull; not bright or colorful
* Milton
subdued; solemn; grave
* Prior
* Alexander Pope
(often with up ) To make or become sober.
* Alexander Pope
(often with up ) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.
Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally.
Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
Rational; reasonable; sensible.
As adjectives the difference between sober and sane
is that sober is not drunk; not intoxicated while sane is being in a healthy condition; not deranged; acting rationally.As a verb sober
is (often with up) To make or become sober.sober
English
Adjective
(er)- a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name
- No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck.
- Which is the finest and soberest state possible.
- Twilight grey / Had in her sober livery all things clad.
- What parts gay France from sober Spain?
- See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.
Synonyms
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* (not drunk) drunkSee also
* teetotallerVerb
(en verb)- There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, / And drinking largely sobers us again.
- ''It took him hours to sober up .
Anagrams
* ----sane
English
Adjective
(er)- a sane mind
- a sane person
- Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.