Devoid vs Replete - What's the difference?
devoid | replete |
empty; having none of; completely without
Abounding.
* 1730 , , "The Pheasant and the Lark":
* 1759 , , Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia , ch. 12:
* 1843 , , Martin Chuzzlewit , ch. 44:
* 1916 , , Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers , "Seneca":
Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
* 1901 , , "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods :
* 1913 , , The Valley of the Moon , ch. 15:
To restore something that has been depleted.
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As adjectives the difference between devoid and replete
is that devoid is empty; having none of; completely without while replete is abounding.As verbs the difference between devoid and replete
is that devoid is (obsolete) to empty out; to remove while replete is to restore something that has been depleted.As a noun replete is
a honeypot ant.devoid
English
Adjective
(-)- I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.
Derived terms
* devoidnessAnagrams
*replete
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
- His subjects with delight obey:
- His tail was beauteous to behold,
- Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
- I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
- "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
- History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
- And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .
- In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .
