Contemptuous vs Vanity - What's the difference?
contemptuous | vanity |
Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
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, chapter=5, title= That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
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Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements.
A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors atop. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.
Emptiness.
(obsolete) Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
* It is a vanity to say that if two stones are dropped from a tower, the heavier will experience the greater acceleration.
* Francis Bacon
As an adjective contemptuous
is showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.As a noun vanity is
that which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.contemptuous
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Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
Derived terms
* contemptuouslyvanity
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(wikipedia vanity)Noun
(vanities)- To help the matter, the alchemists call in many vanities out of astrology.
