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Tranquil vs Passive - What's the difference?

tranquil | passive | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between tranquil and passive

is that tranquil is free from emotional or mental disturbance while passive is being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.

As a noun passive is

the passive voice of verbs.

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

    passive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.
  • Taking no action.
  • He remained passive during the protest.
  • (grammar) Being in the passive voice.
  • (psychology) Being inactive and submissive in a relationship, especially in a sexual one.
  • (finance) Not participating in management.
  • Antonyms

    * active * aggressive

    Synonyms

    * inactive * idle * disinterested * uninvolved

    Derived terms

    * passive-aggressive * passively * passiveness * passive smoking * passive voice * passivity * passivisation / passivization * passivise / passivize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable, grammar) The passive voice of verbs.
  • (countable, grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.