Trite vs Morbid - What's the difference?
trite | morbid |
Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).
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A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
(originally) Of, or relating to disease.
Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.
Suggesting the horror of death; macabre or ghoulish
Grisly or gruesome.
As adjectives the difference between trite and morbid
is that trite is worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase) while morbid is (originally) of, or relating to disease.As a noun trite
is a denomination of coinage in ancient greece equivalent to one third of a stater.trite
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
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