What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Expletive vs Undefined - What's the difference?

expletive | undefined |

As adjectives the difference between expletive and undefined

is that expletive is serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant while undefined is lacking a definition or value.

As a noun expletive

is a profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.

expletive

English

(wikipedia expletive)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
  • * Hallam
    • Expletive imagery.
  • * Barrow
    • Expletive phrases to plump his speech.
  • Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

    • Synonyms

    * expletory

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
  • (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
  • (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning; an intensifier.

    • References

    *

    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined