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Apathetic vs Vacuous - What's the difference?

apathetic | vacuous |

As adjectives the difference between apathetic and vacuous

is that apathetic is void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent while vacuous is lacking meaningful content.

apathetic

English

Alternative forms

* apathetical

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
  • Of, or pertaining to apatheism.

    • Synonyms

    * indifferent. impassive

    Related terms

    * apatheism * apatheist

    References

    * English terms with alpha privatives

    vacuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking meaningful content.
  • Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant

    • Derived terms

    * vacuity (noun) * vacuously (adverb) * vacuousness (noun)