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Depleted vs Austere - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between depleted and austere

is that depleted is used up, expended; of which nothing is left while austere is grim or severe in manner or appearance.

As a verb depleted

is past tense of deplete.

depleted

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Used up, expended; of which nothing is left.
    • The depleted aerosol can would spray no more since there was no propellant left.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (deplete)

    • austere

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Grim or severe in manner or appearance
    • The headmistress was an austere old woman.
  • Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
    • The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

    Synonyms

    * (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding * (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

    Antonyms

    * (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

    Derived terms

    * austerity * austerely