Depressed vs Hollow - What's the difference?
depressed | hollow |
(depress)
unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent
Suffering from clinical depression.
Suffering damaging effects of economic recession.
(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
(of a sound) Distant]], eerie; echoing, [[reverberate, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
(figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
(figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
* Shakespeare
(colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
A small valley between mountains; a low spot surrounded by elevations.
* Prior
* Tennyson
A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
(US) A sunken area.
(figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.
* Sir Walter Scott
As verbs the difference between depressed and hollow
is that depressed is (depress) while hollow is to make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive) or hollow can be to urge or call by shouting; to hollo.As adjectives the difference between depressed and hollow
is that depressed is unhappy, and blaming oneself rather than others; despondent while hollow is (of something solid) having an empty space or cavity inside.As an adverb hollow is
(colloquial) completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.As a noun hollow is
a small valley between mountains; a low spot surrounded by elevations.As an interjection hollow is
.depressed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* depressedly * depressednessSynonyms
* despondent * gloomy * melancholy * miserable * sad * unhappy * emo (qualifier)Antonyms
* cheerfulhollow
English
Alternative forms
* hollerEtymology 1
(etyl) holw, holh, from (etyl) . More at cave.Adjective
(er)- a hollow''' tree; a '''hollow sphere
- a hollow moan
- (Dryden)
- a hollow victory
- a hollow promise
- With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.
Derived terms
* hollow legAdverb
(-)Etymology 2
(etyl) holow, earlier holgh, from (etyl) . See above.Noun
(en noun)- Forests grew upon the barren hollows .
- I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.
- He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
- the hollow of the hand or of a tree
- a hollow in the pit of one's stomach
Etymology 3
Compare holler.Verb
(en verb)- He has hollowed the hounds.