Difference between Serious and Sedate

SERIOUS vs SEDATE: ADJECTIVE

Of considerable size or scope; substantial.
Not joking or trifling.
Concerned with important rather than trivial matters.
Being of such import as to cause anxiety.
Intended for sophisticated people.
Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern.
Careful in thought, full of concern, or restrained and dignified in manner; somber or grave.
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Completely lacking in playfulness
Appealing to the mind
Requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
Of great consequence
Deeply interested or involved.
Not easily answered or solved.
Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger.
Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn.
Important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play; needing great attention; critical.
Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

Characterized by dignity and propriety
Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid.
In a composed and temperate state.

Grave in feeling, manner, or disposition; solemn; earnest; not light, gay, or volatile; of things, springing from, expressing, or inducing gravity or earnestness of feeling.
In earnest; not jesting or making pretense.
Important; weighty; not trifling.
Attended with danger; giving rise to apprehension: as, a serious illness.
Deeply impressed with the importance of religion; making profession of or pretension to religion.
Synonyms Solemn, etc. See grave.
1 and Sedate, staid, sober, earnest.
Great, momentous.

To calm; compose.
Synonyms Imperturbable, serious, staid.
Quiet; composed; placid; serene; serious; undisturbed by passion: as, a sedate temper or deportment.

Sober, Earnest, Difficult, Sincere, Thoughtful, Sensible, Good, Important, Sobering, Real, Critical, Dangerous, Grave, Grievous, Severe

Numb, Prim, Unruffled, Dignified, Imperturbable, Quiet, Tranquillize, Grave, Serious, Solemn, Tranquilize, Sober, Calm, Decorous, Staid

Sober, Earnest, Difficult, Sincere, Thoughtful, Sensible, Good, Important, Sobering, Real, Critical, Dangerous, Grave, Grievous, Severe

Numb, Prim, Unruffled, Dignified, Imperturbable, Quiet, Tranquillize, Grave, Serious, Solemn, Tranquilize, Sober, Calm, Decorous, Staid

The product may fall, causing serious injury to a child or adult and serious damage to the product.
For the most part, detention is a punishment for students who commit minor problems, and school reserve more serious punishments for more serious infractions.
Imagine a scenario where there has been a serious crime in a town and the Sheriff is trying to prevent serious rioting.
Filing a crash report is important for serious car accidents, but also for less serious scenarios.
There was a time when psychedelics were a serious medicine under serious study, especially for alcoholics.
We have serious golf tools for serious golfers, and some clever gadgets just for fun!
Appoints serious accident investigation teams or trained investigators for the investigation of serious accidents.
Our national discussion of hateful speech is deadly serious, and calls for a serious approach, not empty rhetoric.
Serious tal llness: Serious mental illness is defined differently across programs, policies, and in research literature.
Posts tagged serious or of a serious nature may be subject to higher scrutiny.