Stoic vs Edgy - What's the difference?
stoic | edgy |
(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.
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.
nervous, apprehensive
(entertainment/advertising jargon): creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge
(entertainment/advertising jargon) : on the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; dodgy
(dated) irritable
(art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
* Hazlitt
(of a knife or blade) sharp.
As adjectives the difference between stoic and edgy
is that stoic is (stoic) while edgy is nervous, apprehensive.As a noun stoic
is (stoic).stoic
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Alternative forms
* Stoic * Stoick (obsolete) * stoick (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(Stoicism) (en adjective)Synonyms
* (not affected by pain or distress ) apathetic, impassive, stoical * (not displaying any external signs of being affected by pain or distress ) expressionless, impassiveAnagrams
* ----edgy
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Adjective
(er)- an edgy temper
- An edgy style of sculpture.