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Staid vs Dispassionate - What's the difference?

staid | dispassionate |

As a noun staid

is trail, track or staid can be stately woman.

As an adjective dispassionate is

not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice.

staid

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Serious, organized, and professional; sober
  • * 1915 , ":
  • *:He wondered what had become of the boys who were his companions: they were nearly thirty now; some would be dead, but others were married and had children; they were soldiers and parsons, doctors, lawyers; they were staid men who were beginning to put youth behind them.
  • Always fixed in the same location; stationary
  • Synonyms

    * (serious) composed, regular, sedate, steady

    Antonyms

    * (serious) fanciful, volatile, wild

    Anagrams

    * ----

    dispassionate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice
  • Synonyms

    * nonpassionate * unpassionate

    Antonyms

    * passionate

    Derived terms

    * dispassionately * dispassionateness