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Devoid vs Callow - What's the difference?

devoid | callow |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between devoid and callow

is that devoid is (obsolete) to empty out; to remove while callow is (obsolete) bald.

As adjectives the difference between devoid and callow

is that devoid is empty; having none of; completely without while callow is (obsolete) bald.

As a verb devoid

is (obsolete) to empty out; to remove.

As a noun callow is

a callow young bird.

devoid

English

Adjective

(-)
  • empty; having none of; completely without
    • I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.

    Derived terms

    * devoidness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To empty out; to remove.

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    callow

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Bald.
  • Unfledged (of a young bird).
  • * Dryden
    • And in the leafy summit spy'd a nest, / Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed.
  • Immature, lacking in life experience.
    • Those three young men are particularly callow youths.
  • Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis). Teneral.
  • Shallow or weak-willed.
  • Unburnt (of a brick)

    • Noun

  • A callow young bird.
  • A callow or teneral phase of an insect or other arthropod, typically shortly after ecdysis, while the skin still is hardening, the colours have not yet become stable, and as a rule, before the animal is able to move effectively.

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