As adjectives the difference between cool and staid
is that
cool is having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold while
staid is serious, organized, and professional; sober.
As a noun cool
is a moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
As a verb cool
is to lose heat, to get colder.
As an acronym COOL
is
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frumpy | staid |
As adjectives the difference between frumpy and staid
is that
frumpy is dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable while
staid is serious, organized, and professional; sober.
staid | ponderous |
As adjectives the difference between staid and ponderous
is that
staid is serious, organized, and professional; sober while
ponderous is heavy, massive, weighty.
staid | stay |
As nouns the difference between staid and stay
is that
staid is trail, track or
staid can be stately woman while
stay is (nautical) a strong rope supporting a mast, and leading from the head of one mast down to some other, or other part of the vessel or
stay can be a prop; a support.
As a verb stay is
(nautical) to incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays or
stay can be to prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
As an adjective stay is
steep; ascending.
As an adverb stay is
steeply.
staid | dispassionate |
As a noun staid
is trail, track or
staid can be stately woman.
As an adjective dispassionate is
not showing, and not affected by emotion, bias, or prejudice.
leery | staid |
As adjectives the difference between leery and staid
is that
leery is cautious, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns while
staid is serious, organized, and professional; sober.
phlegmatic | staid |
As nouns the difference between phlegmatic and staid
is that
phlegmatic is one who has a phlegmatic disposition while
staid is trail, track or
staid can be stately woman.
As an adjective phlegmatic
is not easily excited to action or passion; calm; sluggish.
staid | stoic |
As adjectives the difference between staid and stoic
is that
staid is serious, organized, and professional; sober while
stoic is of or relating to the Stoics or their ideas.
As a noun stoic is
proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 (BCE) up to about the time of
Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
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