Difference between Abstemious and Temperate

ABSTEMIOUS vs TEMPERATE: ADJECTIVE

Characterized by abstinence or moderation.
Eating and drinking in moderation.
Marked by temperance in indulgence
Abstaining from wine.
Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
Promotive of abstemiousness.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
Sparing in consumption of especially food and drink

Not extreme in behavior
(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
Not extreme
Of or occurring in the Temperate Zone.
Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.
Moderate in degree or quality; restrained.
Exercising moderation and self-restraint.
Of or relating to a virus that infects bacterial cells but rarely causes lysis.
Moderate; not excessive.
Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm.
Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions.
Proceeding from temperance.
That part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.
Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.

Promoting or favoring abstemiousness; associated with temperance.
Devoted to or spent in abstemiousness or abstinence: as, an abstemious life.
Restricted; very moderate and plain; very sparing; spare: opposed to luxurious or rich: as, an abstemious diet.
Sparing in diet; moderate in the use of food and drink; temperate; abstinent.

To temper; moderate.
Moderate; showing moderation; not excessive, lavish, or inordinate.
More especially— Moderate as regards the indulgence of the appetites or desires; abstemious; sober; continent: as, temperate in eating; temperate habits.
Not violent or extravagant in the use of language; calm; measured; dispassionate: as, a temperate discourse.
Not swayed by passion; calm; self-contained; self-restrained; not extreme in opinions.
Proceeding from temperance; moderate.
Moderate in respect of temperature; not liable to excessive heat or cold; mild; specifically, noting certain zones of the earth's surface.
In music, same as tempered.
= Syn. 1-4. Moderate, Temperate. See moderate.
Mild

Pious, Frugal, Sober, Unostentatious, Parsimonious, Monkish, Teetotal, Abstentious, Light, Temperate, Abstinent, Spartan, Ascetical, Austere, Ascetic

Even, Centrist, Sober, Lukewarm, Hardened, Moderation, Cool, Temperature, Warm, Light, Restrained, Moderate, Abstemious, Mild, Equable

Pious, Frugal, Sober, Unostentatious, Parsimonious, Monkish, Teetotal, Abstentious, Light, Temperate, Abstinent, Spartan, Ascetical, Austere, Ascetic

Even, Centrist, Sober, Lukewarm, Hardened, Moderation, Cool, Temperature, Warm, Light, Restrained, Moderate, Abstemious, Mild, Equable

He was incapable of small talk, and he was an unapologetic workaholic, abstemious to the point of joylessness.
Sith consider the dark side of the Force to be its most powerful manifestation, and regard the abstemious Jedi as blinded by false virtue.
She can achieve this goal in part by reducing her sexual desires and production of semen through an abstemious diet of cooling, drying foods.
Nana was an abstemious eater though, as in his good old days, he enjoyed his Mosi and Castle lagers, occasionally taking Gin.
Bill, who wants to lose weight, is abstemious in eating foods high in fat.
But for all this, the great negro was wonderfully abstemious, not to say dainty.
His habits were strictly abstemious, and he neither took wine nor strong drink.
Small, narrow, slim; weak, feeble, slight; moderate, trivial, inconsiderable, meager; spare, abstemious, frugal.
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Africa stands for temperate climate round the year.
They are found in temperate to warmer climates.
What part of Oregon is considered temperate rainforest?
Severe climate: Same as for temperate climate, and additionally the two layers Same as for temperate climate, except that one layer No.
For 25 years the International Temperate Reefs Symposium (ITRS) has been the focal point for discussion of ideas and research relating to temperate reefs.
Polar; Temperate shelves and sea; Temperate upwelling; Tropical upwelling; Tropical coral; Summary of the scheme.
Word: Temperate Definition: moderate Part of Speech: adjective Example Sentence: The temperate weather on the island was perfect.
Warm temperate :*Occasional frost, often with summer rainfall maximum :*Temperate evergreen forest, somewhat frost-sensitive :VI.
Energy Flow The Major Biomes Temperate Forest Temperate forests contain a mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees.
They once had a variety of habitats including boreal forest, temperate forests, and temperate grasslands.