Vitriolic vs Tenuous - What's the difference?
vitriolic | tenuous |
of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol
bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism
(chemistry): Of or pertaining to vitriol; derived from, or resembling, vitriol; vitriolous; as, a vitriolic taste.
Thin in substance or consistency.
insubstantial
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
As adjectives the difference between vitriolic and tenuous
is that vitriolic is of, derived from, or similar to a vitriol while tenuous is thin in substance or consistency.vitriolic
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(en adjective)See also
* Vitriolic acid * sulphuric acid * vitrioltenuous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
- His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
- Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.