Squalid vs Austere - What's the difference?
squalid | austere |
Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
(zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
* 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
Grim or severe in manner or appearance
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
As adjectives the difference between squalid and austere
is that squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant while austere is grim or severe in manner or appearance.As a noun squalid
is any member of the Squalidae.squalid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A squalid attempt to buy votes.
Noun
(en noun)- Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods
austere
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The headmistress was an austere old woman.
- The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.