Banal vs Pedantic - What's the difference?
banal | pedantic |
Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
Like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
Being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner.
Being finicky or fastidious, especially with language.
As adjectives the difference between banal and pedantic
is that banal is common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh while pedantic is like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.banal
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(en-adj)Synonyms
* cliche, * corny * everyday * hackneyed * prosaic * trite * vapid * meh * See alsoAntonyms
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Alternative forms
* pedantick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- "On the contrary, the fall was perfectly safe; it was the impact with the ground that killed him".
