Difference between Dormant and Torpid

DORMANT vs TORPID: NOUN

A beam; a sleeper: formerly also dormond, dormant-tree. Also dormer. Halliwell.
A dish which remains from the beginning to the end of a repast, such as cold pies, hams, and potted meats, placed down the middle of the table at a large entertainment; a centerpiece which is not removed.
A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or “ sleep.”

A second-class racing-boat at Oxford, corresponding to the slogger of Cambridge; also, one of the crew of such a boat.
Plural The Lent boat-races at Oxford.
An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
The Lenten rowing races.

Lying with head on paws as if sleeping
Inactive, asleep, suspended.
Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes.
Temporarily inactive.
Present but not active or manifest though capable of becoming so: : inactive.
Not awake; asleep.
In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
Not active but capable of becoming active
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
Of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive

(of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct
In a state of rest or inactivity; quiescent; not in action, movement, force, or operation; being or kept in abeyance: as, a dormant rebellion; a dormant title; dormant privileges.
Hibernating: said of certain animals.
In heraldry, lying down with its head on its fore paws, as if asleep: said of a beast used as a bearing.
In botany, not active or growing.
Sleeping; asleep.

Pertaining to the torpids, or Lent boat-races at Oxford. See II.
Figuratively, dull; sluggish; apathetic.
Specifically, dormant, as an animal in hibernation or estivation, when it passes its time in sleep: as, a torpid snake.
Benumbed; insensible; inactive.

Shelved, Latent, Inoperative, Frozen, Idle, Unused, Dormancy, Unerect, Sleeping, Asleep, Torpid, Hibernating, Inactive, Inactive, Quiescent

Dreary, Spiritless, Soporific, Flaccid, Languid, Somnolent, Listless, Lethargic, Slow, Inactive, Asleep, Hibernating, Dormant, Inert, Sluggish

Inoperable, Shelved, Latent, Inoperative, Frozen, Idle, Unused, Dormancy, Unerect, Sleeping, Asleep, Torpid, Inactive, Inactive, Quiescent

Insipid, Dreary, Spiritless, Soporific, Flaccid, Languid, Somnolent, Listless, Lethargic, Slow, Inactive, Asleep, Dormant, Inert, Sluggish

COLL guidance does not include provisions regarding the treatment of dormant or potentially dormant assets, save in respect of unpaid dividends.
Government was consulting on expanding the existing dormant assets scheme to cover other kinds of dormant asset, including shares in public companies and dividends.
If your Account is dormant, you need reactivate City Union Bank dormant Account first.
Spray dormant, deciduous fruit trees, roses and berry bushes with a dormant oil spray.
If your Account is dormant, you need reactivate HDFC Bank dormant Account first.
If your Account is dormant, you need reactivate IDBI Bank dormant Account first.
Apply dormant oil, lime sulfur combination in winter when the plant is dormant, usually January or February.
Your opponent has a Dormant minion, still dormant, on their side of the board.
Low and dormant inflation translates into a dormant economy.
Where software is identified as dormant, the dormant software will be uninstalled, or the dormant subscription cancelled.

His was the overwhelming slumber of the torpid bear and the satiated leech.
Animals were determined to be tdy if they were torpid for least five days between periodic arousals.
This ability to become torpid on a daily basis has been reported in many mammals, especially the smaller marsupials.
Is she even the destruction of the eldest Brujah torpid beneath true Orthia.
They feed on flying insects, which requires them to be torpid in shelters during cold, wet periods.
Languid hills rode each other, until endless repetition, maddeningly torpid, stirred him to twitching somnolence.
She is marvelous in health and spirit; not a bit deaf, blind, or torpid.
The Gymnophiona contains legless creatures resembling earthworms, but none are known to become torpid.
Torpid animals curled in the characteristic fetal position could be picked up without gloves.
Deeply torpid bats can change position without elevation of body temperature.