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Torpid vs Insipid - What's the difference?

torpid | insipid |

As adjectives the difference between torpid and insipid

is that torpid is unmoving, dormant or hibernating while insipid is insipid.

torpid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unmoving, dormant or hibernating
  • lazy, lethargic or apathetic

    • Synonyms

    * lethargic

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "torpid")

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    insipid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unappetizingly flavorless.
    • The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
  • Flat; lacking character or definition.
    • The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
  • Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.
    • Greeting cards contain some of the most insipid words ever written.

    Synonyms

    * boring * wearish * corny * fatuous * juvenile * tasteless * vacuous * vapid * dull * bland * colourless, colorless * characterless

    Derived terms

    * insipidly * insipidness * insipidity

    Related terms

    * insipient