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Turgid vs Turgent - What's the difference?

turgid | turgent |

As adjectives the difference between turgid and turgent

is that turgid is distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force while turgent is rising into a tumour or a puffy state; tumid.

turgid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
    • I have a turgid limb.
  • (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

    • Synonyms

    * (distended beyond the natural state) bloated, distended, inflated, swelled, swollen, tumid * (tediously pompous) bombastic, grandiose, pompous

    Related terms

    * turgescent * turgidity * turgidness * turgor * turgidigitation * turgerific * turgestion * turgidification

    turgent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rising into a tumour or a puffy state; tumid.
  • Bombastic; turgid; pompous.
  • * Burton
    • Recompensed with turgent titles.
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