Translucent vs Pugnacious - What's the difference?
translucent | pugnacious |
Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.
* 1913 , , The Day of Days , ch. 1:
* 1921 , , Jill the Reckless , ch. 21:
Clear, lucid, or transparent.
* 1884 , Henry J. Ramsdell, Life and Public Services of Hon. James G. Blaine , Hubbard,
* 1904 , , The Club of Queer Trades , ch. 4:
* 1919 , , The Lords of the Wild , ch. 3:
Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.
* 1858 , (Anthony Trollope), Dr Thorne , ch. 3:
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 15:
* 2003 , (Ken Follett), Hornet Flight , ISBN 9780451210746,
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As adjectives the difference between translucent and pugnacious
is that translucent is allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it while pugnacious is naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.translucent
English
(wikipedia translucent)Adjective
(en adjective)- The window-panes, encrusted with perennial deposits of Atmosphere, were less transparent than translucent .
- On the windows of the nearer buildings the sun cast glittering beams, but further away a faint, translucent mist hid the city.
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- Mr. Blaine's powers and disposition shone resplendent. . . . the gavel in his practised hand, chiming in with varied tones that aptly enforced his words, from the sharp rat-tat-tat that recalled the House to decorum, to the vigorous thunder that actually drowned unparliamentary speech; rulings, repartee, translucent explanation flashing from his lips as quick as lighting.
- "I was startled at your not seeing it from the beginning. The man is a translucent liar and knave."
- [T]he sun was in its greatest splendor, and the air was absolutely translucent . The lake and the mountains sprang out, sharp and clear.
Coordinate terms
* opaque * transparentpugnacious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Not that the doctor was a bully, or even pugnacious , in the usual sense of the word; he had no disposition to provoke a fight, no propense love of quarrelling.
- As he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty.
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- In the face of bad news Churchill normally became even more pugnacious , always wanting to respond to defeat by going on the attack.