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Cogent vs Pithless - What's the difference?

cogent | pithless |

As adjectives the difference between cogent and pithless

is that cogent is reasonable and convincing; based on evidence while pithless is lacking strength or pith; weak.

cogent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Reasonable and convincing; based on evidence.
  • Appealing to the intellect or powers of reasoning.
  • Forcefully persuasive.
    • She presented a cogent argument, convincing her audience of the truth of her proposition.

    Derived terms

    * cogency

    pithless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking strength or pith; weak.
  • Not cogent.

    • Synonyms

    * (lacking pith) (l), (l)