Solemn vs Tranquil - What's the difference?
solemn | tranquil |
Deeply serious and somber.
Somberly impressive.
Performed with great ceremony.
Sacred.
Gloomy or sombre.
Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
* 1847 , , chapter XXVIII
Calm; without motion or sound.
* 1921 , Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography , page 262
As adjectives the difference between solemn and tranquil
is that solemn is deeply serious and somber while tranquil is free from emotional or mental disturbance.solemn
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* solemnity * solemnize * solemnly * solemnnessAnagrams
* * * ----tranquil
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(en adjective)- Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
- that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil' because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their ' tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.