Difference between Somber and Sober

SOMBER vs SOBER: NOUN

Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
Lacking brightness or color; dull
Not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Completely lacking in playfulness
Not drunk; not intoxicated
Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm
Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors.
Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate.
Plain or subdued, as in decoration.
Serious or staid in character or conduct: : serious.
Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly.
Abstaining from or habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic drink or other intoxicants.
Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
In character; moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled
Dull; not bright or colorful;
Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol;

To make sober; free from intoxication.
To mitigate; assuage; soften; restrain.
To make serious, grave, or sad: often followed by down.
To become sober, in any sense of the word.
Free from the influence of intoxicating liquors; not drunk; unintoxicated.
Habitually temperate in the use of liquor; not given to the use of strong or much drink.
Temperate in general character or habit; free from excess; avoiding extremes; moderate.
Guided or tempered by reason; rational; sensible; sane; sound; dispassionate; commonplace.
Free from violence or tumult: serene; calm; tranquil; self-controlled.
Modest; demure; sedate; staid; dignified; serious; grave; solemn.
Plain or simple in color; somber; dull.
Little; small; mean; poor; weak.
= Syn. 3–5. Cool, collected, unimpassioned, steady, staid, somber. Sober differs from the words compared under grave in expressing the absence of exhilaration or excitement, whether physical, mental, or spiritual, whether beneficial or harmful.
Lacking brightness or color
Dull
(transitive; intransitive verb) To make or become sober.

Dusky, Dismal, Dark, Stark, Bleak, Sobering, Gloomy, Grim, Uncheerful, Colourless, Colorless, Drab, Sober, Cheerless, Sombre

Stone sober, Cold sober, Uninebriated, Sober up, Grave, Colourless, Drab, Dry, Serious, Colorless, Solemn, Sedate, Sombre, Somber, Teetotal

Dusky, Dismal, Dark, Stark, Bleak, Sobering, Gloomy, Grim, Uncheerful, Colourless, Colorless, Drab, Sober, Cheerless, Sombre

Uninebriated, Stone sober, Sober up, Cold sober, Grave, Colourless, Drab, Dry, Serious, Colorless, Solemn, Sedate, Sombre, Somber, Teetotal

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