Roil vs. Turbid — What's the Difference?

To make (a liquid) turbulent or muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment

Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy

To cause to be in a state of agitation or disorder

Heavy, dark, or dense, as smoke or fog.

Usage Problem To put in a state of emotional agitation; rile or upset.

In a state of turmoil; muddled

To move or be in a state of turbulence, especially because of an abundance of something

Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear.

To be agitated or chaotic

Smoky or misty.

To be vexed or upset

Unclear; confused; obscure.

To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

Not clear; having suspended matter that scatters light passing through; having the lees or sediment disturbed; roiled; muddy; thick; - used of liquids of any kind; as, turbid water; turbid wine.

To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.

Disturbed; confused; disordered.

(intransitive) To bubble, seethe.

(of especially liquids) clouded as with sediment;

To wander; to roam.

To romp.

To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.

To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.

To wander; to roam.

To romp.

Be agitated;

Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of