Subdued vs Rapid - What's the difference?
subdued | rapid |
Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild.
Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.
(subdue)
Very swift or quick.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
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, title= Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
(England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
(obsolete, dialectal) Happy.
(often, in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
(dated) A burst of rapid fire.
As adjectives the difference between subdued and rapid
is that subdued is conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild while rapid is rapid; quick; fast; speedy.As a verb subdued
is (subdue).subdued
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- he is subdued after the disagreement last night.
- the colour scheme used for this room is subdued .
Verb
(head)- He subdued the dog yesterday.
rapid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels.
citation, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
Chico Harlan
Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}