The difference between Lucid and Perspicuous

When used as adjectives, lucid means clear, whereas perspicuous means clearly expressed, easy to understand.


Lucid is also noun with the meaning: a lucid dream.

check bellow for the other definitions of Lucid and Perspicuous

  1. Lucid as an adjective:

    clear; easily understood

  2. Lucid as an adjective:

    mentally rational; sane

  3. Lucid as an adjective:

    bright, luminous, translucent or transparent

  1. Lucid as a noun:

    A lucid dream.

  1. Perspicuous as an adjective:

    Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.

  2. Perspicuous as an adjective (logic):

    Of a language or notation, such as that of formal propositional calculus: where the process of inference from premises to conclusion is explicitly laid out.

  3. Perspicuous as an adjective (rare):

    Transparent; translucent.