Turbulent vs Severe - What's the difference?
turbulent | severe | Related terms |
Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
Being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest.
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Strict or harsh.
Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
Turbulent is a related term of severe.
As adjectives the difference between turbulent and severe
is that turbulent is violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous while severe is severe, harsh.turbulent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position.}}
Derived terms
* turbulently * turbulent flowExternal links
* * * ----severe
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}