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Stolid vs Tepid - What's the difference?

stolid | tepid |

As adjectives the difference between stolid and tepid

is that stolid is having or revealing little emotion or sensibility while tepid is lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.

stolid

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
  • * 1857 , ", verse 2.
    • Light laughs the breeze
    In her Castle above them —
    Babbles the Bee in a stolid Ear,
    Pipe the Sweet Birds in ignorant cadence —
    Ah, what sagacity perished here!
  • * 1898 , ,
    • They (Eloi) all failed to understand my gestures; some were simply stolid , some thought it was a jest and laughed at me.
  • * 1950 , Ray Bradbury, ,
    • With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black.

    tepid

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
    • I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.
  • Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness.
    • He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.

    Synonyms

    * (neither warm nor cool) lukewarm * (exhibiting little passion) uninterested, lukewarm * See also

    Derived terms

    * tepidness

    Related terms

    * tepidity

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