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Gelid vs Stoical - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between gelid and stoical

is that gelid is very cold; icy or frosty while stoical is enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.

gelid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very cold; icy or frosty.
  • * . (rfdate)
  • A man of gelid reserve.
  • * 2005 , :
  • In the worst of summer the tower remained cool, yet the air seemed feverish and gelid when sisters of different Ajahs came too close.

    Derived terms

    * gelidity / gelidness * gelidly

    Anagrams

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    stoical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint.
  • Derived terms

    * stoically