Turgescent vs. Turgid — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Turgescent and Turgid
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Turgescent
The condition of being swollen.
Turgid
Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent
Turgid prose.
Turgescent
The process of swelling.
Turgid
Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated
A turgid bladder.
Turgid veins.
Turgescent
Pomposity; self-importance.
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Turgid
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
I have a turgid limb.
Turgescent
Becoming turgid or swollen.
Turgid
Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.
Turgescent
Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Turgid
(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
Turgid
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; - especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.
A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
Turgid
Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
Turgid
Ostentatiously lofty in style;
A man given to large talk
Tumid political prose
Turgid
Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas;
Hungry children with bloated stomachs
He had a grossly distended stomach
Eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
Swollen hands
Tumescent tissue
Puffy tumid flesh
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