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Banal vs Conventional - What's the difference?

banal | conventional |

As adjectives the difference between banal and conventional

is that banal is common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh while conventional is pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.

As a noun conventional is

(finance) a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

banal

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

    • Synonyms

    * cliche, * corny * everyday * hackneyed * prosaic * trite * vapid * meh * See also

    Antonyms

    * new * original

    Related terms

    * banality * banalize * banally

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    conventional

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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  • Ordinary, commonplace.
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  • * 1980 , (Carl Sagan), Cosmos: A Personal Voyage ,
    • The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
  • Banal]], trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or [[clichéd.

    • Synonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): typical, canonical * ("banal"): stereotypical

    Antonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional * ("ordinary"): imaginative

    Derived terms

    * conventionalism * conventionalist * conventionally * conventional mortgage loan * conventional war * conventional warfare * conventional weapon * conventional weaponry * conventional wisdom

    Related terms

    * convention

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.