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What is the difference between vapid and insipid?

vapid | insipid |

Insipid is a synonym of vapid.



As adjectives the difference between vapid and insipid

is that vapid is lifeless, dull or banal while insipid is unappetizingly flavorless.

vapid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lifeless, dull or banal.
  • * 1857 , , Volume the Second, page 30 (ISBN 1857150570)
    • Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid , and senseless.
  • Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

    • Derived terms

    * vapidity * vapidly * vapidness

    Synonyms

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    Anagrams

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    insipid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unappetizingly flavorless.
    • The diners were disappointed with the plain, insipid soup they were served.
  • Flat; lacking character or definition.
    • The textbook had a most insipid presentation of the controversy.
  • Cloyingly sweet or sentimental.
    • Greeting cards contain some of the most insipid words ever written.

    Synonyms

    * boring * wearish * corny * fatuous * juvenile * tasteless * vacuous * vapid * dull * bland * colourless, colorless * characterless

    Derived terms

    * insipidly * insipidness * insipidity

    Related terms

    * insipient