Viscid vs Vivid - What's the difference?
viscid | vivid |
Viscous; having a high viscosity.
Sticky, slimy, or glutinous.
* 1906 , O. Henry,
Covered with a viscid layer.
(of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
(of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 Full of life, strikingly alive.
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, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=32
As adjectives the difference between viscid and vivid
is that viscid is viscous; having a high viscosity while vivid is (of perception) clear, detailed or powerful.As a noun vivid is
(new zealand) a felt-tipped permanent marker.viscid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- They trod noiselessly upon a stair carpet that its own loom would have forsworn. It seemed to have become vegetable; to have degenerated in that rank, sunless air to lush lichen or spreading moss that grew in patches to the staircase and was viscid under the foot like organic matter.
Usage notes
In everyday usage, much less common than (viscous), with which it is roughly interchangeable. In careful usage, (term) is more often used for fluid flow, like honey, while viscid is used for a squishy, slimy feel of more solid substances, like mayonnaise.Synonyms
* viscousAntonyms
* inviscidDerived terms
* viscidity * viscidly * viscidnessReferences
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Merriam-Webster
vivid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
citation, passage=The vivid , untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.}}
