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Turgescent vs. Turgid — What's the Difference?

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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