Vocab Tadka : Vicious vs Viscous (Confusing Words)
Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Vicious & Viscous.
VICIOUS
| 1 | (s) | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering Type: ‘adj.all’ Synonym: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, |
| 2 | (s) | having the nature of vice Type: ‘adj.all’ Synonym: evil, |
| 3 | (s) | bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure Type: ‘adj.all’ Synonym: condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, |
| 4 | (s) | marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful Type: ‘adj.all’ Synonym: poisonous, venomous, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- She thinks she is some kind of vicious animal.
- The vicious whisper was accompanied by a thick hand clamping around the back of her neck.
- All these years I thought I was a vicious killer.
How to Remember : Vicious –> Vishela (hindi word) –> Snake – Cruel and violent …
VISCOUS
| 1 | (s) | having a relatively high resistance to flow Type: ‘adj.all’ Synonym: syrupy, |
| 2 | (s) | having the sticky properties of an adhesive Type: ‘adj.all’ Synonym: gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, |
Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below
- If the viscous variety be rapidly cooled, or the more highly heated mass be poured into water, an elastic substance is obtained, termed plastic sulphur.
- Persulphuric anhydride, S207, is a thick viscous liquid obtained by the action of the silent discharge upon a mixture of sulphur trioxide and oxygen.
- Some of the more viscous crude oils obtained in the United States are employed as lubricants under the name of ” natural oils,” either without any treatment or after clarification by subsidence and filtration through animal charcoal.
How to Remember : All of you know its meaning for sure . Anyway !!! Viscous –> Vicks –> which is dense and having high resistance to flow.
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Terrorists are the most Vicious animals present on the earth.
Some Viscous material got stuck on my shirt while watching movie !!! It was quiet irritating .