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Tranquil vs Clement - What's the difference?

tranquil | clement | Related terms |

Tranquil is a related term of clement.


As adjectives the difference between tranquil and clement

is that tranquil is free from emotional or mental disturbance while clement is clement, mild.

tranquil

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
  • * 1847 , , chapter XXVIII
    • Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
  • Calm; without motion or sound.
  • * 1921 , Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography , page 262
    • that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil' because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their ' tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.

    Synonyms

    * (free from emotional disturbance) calm, peaceful, serene, steady * peaceful

    Antonyms

    * (free from emotional disturbance) agitated

    Related terms

    * tranquillity * tranquillize * tranquilly * tranquilness

    clement

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lenient or merciful; charitable.
  • Said of weather and similar circumstances that are mild.

    • Antonyms

    * inclement

    Related terms

    * clemency

    References