Timid vs Calm - What's the difference?
timid | calm |
Lacking in courage or confidence.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
As adjectives the difference between timid and calm
is that timid is lacking in courage or confidence while calm is peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.As a noun calm is
the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.As a verb calm is
to make calm.timid
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Adjective
(er)citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}
Synonyms
* fearful * timorous * shyAntonyms
* daredevil * dauntless * bellicose * reckless * aggressiveDerived terms
* timidlyExternal links
* * ----calm
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Adjective
(en-adj)Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus