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Tranquil vs Reposed - What's the difference?

tranquil | reposed |

As adjectives the difference between tranquil and reposed

is that tranquil is free from emotional or mental disturbance while reposed is calm and tranquil; at rest.

As a verb reposed is

(repose).

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

    reposed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (repose)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • calm and tranquil; at rest
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Derived terms

    * reposedly * reposedness

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