Tropical vs. Temperate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tropical and Temperate
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Tropical
Of, typical of, or peculiar to the tropics
Tropical countries
A tropical rainforest
Temperate
Relating to or denoting a region or climate characterized by mild temperatures
Sage can be grown outdoors in cool, temperate climates
Chile has one of the largest temperate forests in the southern hemisphere
Tropical
Of or involving a trope; figurative.
Temperate
Showing moderation or self-restraint
Charles was temperate in his consumption of both food and drink
Tropical
Of, occurring in, or characteristic of the tropics.
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Temperate
Of or occurring in the Temperate Zone
Temperate regions.
Temperate species.
Tropical
Hot and humid; torrid.
Temperate
Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.
Tropical
A tropical plant.
Temperate
Moderate in degree or quality; restrained
Temperate criticism.
Tropical
Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
Temperate
Exercising moderation and self-restraint
Learned to be temperate in eating and drinking.
Tropical
From or similar to a hot humid climate.
Tropical fruit
Tropical weather
Temperate
(Biology) Of or relating to a virus that infects bacterial cells but rarely causes lysis
Temperate bacteriophages.
Tropical
(dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical, figurative.
Temperate
Moderate; not excessive
Temperate heat
A temperate climate.
Tropical
(maths) Pertaining to tropical geometry.
Temperate
Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
Temperate in eating and drinking.
Tropical
A tropical plant.
Temperate
Proceeding from temperance.
Tropical
Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases.
Temperate
Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.
Temperate fishes
Tropical
Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.
The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.
Temperate
(obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate
Tropical
Relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator);
Tropical islands
Tropical fruit
Temperate
Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
Tropical
Of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic;
Tropical year
Temperate
Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
She is not hot, but temperate as the morn.
That sober freedom out of which there springsOur loyal passion for our temperate kings.
Tropical
Characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
Temperate
Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
Tropical
Of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics;
Tropical weather
Temperate
Proceeding from temperance.
The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
Temperate
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath.
Temperate
(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate;
A temperate region
The temperate zones
Temperate plants
Temperate
Not extreme in behavior;
Temperate in his habits
A temperate response to an insult
Temperate in his eating and drinking
Temperate
Not extreme;
A moderate penalty
Temperate in his response to criticism
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