Cliche vs Banality - What's the difference?
cliche | banality |
Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
(printing) A stereotype (printing plate).
(uncountable) The quality of being banal.
(countable) Something which is banal.
As nouns the difference between cliche and banality
is that cliche is something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude while banality is the quality of being banal.cliche
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Alternative forms
* clicheNoun
(wikipedia cliché) (en noun)- The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of a cliché .
