Bloat vs Turgid - What's the difference?
bloat | turgid |
to cause to become distended
to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
to become distended; to swell up
to fill with vanity or conceit
to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
distention of the abdomen from death
(figurative) wasteful use of space
(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.
(obsolete) bloated
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, year=1602
, title=The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
, chapter=Act 3, Scene 4. The Queen's Closet.
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
As adjectives the difference between bloat and turgid
is that bloat is (obsolete) bloated while turgid is distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.As a verb bloat
is to cause to become distended.As a noun bloat
is distention of the abdomen from death.bloat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Arbuthnot)
- (Dryden)
- bloated herring
Noun
(en noun)- Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat .
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed}}
References
turgid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I have a turgid limb.