The difference between Erect and Flaccid
When used as adjectives, erect means upright, whereas flaccid means flabby.
Erect is also verb with the meaning: to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
check bellow for the other definitions of Erect and Flaccid
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Erect as an adjective:
Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
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Erect as an adjective:
Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly.
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Erect as an adjective (obsolete):
Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
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Erect as an adjective (obsolete):
Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
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Erect as an adjective:
Watchful; alert.
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Erect as an adjective (heraldry):
Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
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Erect as a verb (transitive):
To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
Examples:
"to erect a house or a fort"
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Erect as a verb (transitive):
To cause to stand up or out.
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Erect as a verb:
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
Examples:
"to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc."
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Erect as a verb:
To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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Erect as a verb:
To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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Erect as a verb (astrology):
To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
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Erect as a verb:
To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
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Erect as a verb:
To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
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Flaccid as an adjective:
Flabby.
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Flaccid as an adjective:
Soft; floppy.
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Flaccid as an adjective:
Lacking energy or vigor.