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Cliches vs Trite - What's the difference?

cliches | trite |

As nouns the difference between cliches and trite

is that cliches is plural of cliche while trite is a denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

As an adjective trite is

worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).

cliches

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Noun

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    trite

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).
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  • McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite !
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    Etymology 2

    (en) (wikipedia trite)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
  • , a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
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