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Extemporaneous vs Vapid - What's the difference?

extemporaneous | vapid |

As adjectives the difference between extemporaneous and vapid

is that extemporaneous is without preparation or advanced thought; offhand while vapid is lifeless, dull or banal.

extemporaneous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • without preparation or advanced thought; offhand

    • Synonyms

    * (without preparation) extemporal (archaic), improvised; see also

    Related terms

    * extemporanea * extemporaneousness * extemporize

    vapid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lifeless, dull or banal.
  • * 1857 , , Volume the Second, page 30 (ISBN 1857150570)
    • Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid , and senseless.
  • Tasteless, bland, or insipid.

    • Derived terms

    * vapidity * vapidly * vapidness

    Synonyms

    * See , ,

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