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Stony vs Stolid - What's the difference?

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Stony is a related term of stolid.


As adjectives the difference between stony and stolid

is that stony is as hard as stone while stolid is having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.

stony

English

Adjective

(er)
  • As hard as stone.
  • Containing or made up of stones.
    • a stony path
  • (figuratively) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
  • (figuratively) Of an action such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion.
    • She gave him a stony reception.

    Synonyms

    * (hard as stone ): as hard as iron, as hard as a rock, rock-hard * (containing stones ): pebbly, rocky, shingly * (of a person ): cold, cool, hard-hearted, heartless, impassive, unemotional, unfeeling * (of an action ): cold, cool, frosty, unwelcoming

    Antonyms

    * (hard as stone ): soft * (of a person ): passionate, warm * (of an action ): warm, welcoming

    Derived terms

    * stoniness * stony-faced

    Anagrams

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    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.