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Stoic vs Composed - What's the difference?

stoic | composed |

As adjectives the difference between stoic and composed

is that stoic is of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas while composed is showing composure.

As a noun stoic

is proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 (BCE) up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

As a verb composed is

past tense of compose.

stoic

English

Alternative forms

* Stoic * Stoick (obsolete) * stoick (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (philosophy) Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 up to about the time of , who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
  • A person indifferent to pleasure or pain.

    • Adjective

    (Stoicism) (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
  • Not affected by pain or distress.
  • Not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress.

    • Synonyms

    * (not affected by pain or distress ) apathetic, impassive, stoical * (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress ) expressionless, impassive

    Related terms

    * stoical * stoically * stoicism

    Anagrams

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    composed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • showing composure.
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    Verb

    (head)
  • (compose)