Superficial vs Vapid - What's the difference?
superficial | vapid |
Shallow, lacking substance.
At face value.
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Of or pertaining to the surface.
Being near the surface.
(rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
(chiefly in plural) A surface detail.
Lifeless, dull or banal.
* 1857 , , Volume the Second, page 30 (ISBN 1857150570)
Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
As adjectives the difference between superficial and vapid
is that superficial is shallow, lacking substance while vapid is lifeless, dull or banal.As a noun superficial
is (chiefly in plural) a surface detail.superficial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to the surface) surficialAntonyms
* in-depth * thorough * (lacking substance) substantiveNoun
(en noun)- He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.
vapid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid , and senseless.