Basic vs Trivial - What's the difference?
basic | trivial |
Necessary, essential for life or some process.
Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.
(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.
(slang) Vapid, boring, or uncool.
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A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.
An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.
(military) Basic training.
Ignorable; of little significance or value.
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Commonplace, ordinary.
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Concerned with or involving trivia.
(biology) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.
(mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.
(mathematics) Self-evident.
Pertaining to the trivium.
(philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.
(obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.
As adjectives the difference between basic and trivial
is that basic is basic while trivial is ignorable; of little significance or value.As a noun trivial is
(obsolete) any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.basic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.
- The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is purely basic .
- Gucci Gucci, Louis Louis, Fendi Fendi, Prada / Them basic bitches wear that shit, so I don't even bother
Why Does Everyone Hate Anne Hathaway?", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 46, Issue 101, 1 March 2013, page 11:
- I'm not saying people are jealous of Hathaway because she is so perfect. Yes, she does have it all — husband, healthy career, good looks. But she doesn't do anything in an "awesome" way. She's basic .
Firing Line: Rowling says ‘JK,’ Ron and Hermione not meant to be", The Daily Campus (Southern Methodist University), Volume 99, Issue 54, 3 February 2014, page 4:
- And what can be said about Ginny? She’s basic . My guess is that she spends her time drinking pumpkin spice lattes and watching “Pretty Little Liars.” The Chosen One is way out of her quidditch league.
Synonyms
* See also * (chemistry) alkalineAntonyms
* (chemistry) acidicDerived terms
* basically * BASICNoun
(en noun)- Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.
- Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.
Anagrams
* ----trivial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "All which details, I have no doubt, Jones , who reads this book at his Club, will pronounce to be excessively foolish, trivial , twaddling, and ultra-sentimental."
- As a scholar, meantime, he was trivial , and incapable of labour.
Synonyms
* (of little significance) ignorable, negligible, triflingAntonyms
* nontrivial * important * significant * radical * fundamentalDerived terms
* triviaNoun
(en noun)- (Skelton)
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