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Torpid vs Stagnant - What's the difference?

torpid | stagnant |

As adjectives the difference between torpid and stagnant

is that torpid is unmoving, dormant or hibernating while stagnant is lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still.

torpid

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * lethargic

    Quotations

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    stagnant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking freshness, motion, flow, progress, or change; stale; motionless; still.

    • Related terms

    * stagnate * stagflation

    Derived terms

    * stagnantly * stagnancy