Hackneyed vs Banality - What's the difference?

As an adjective hackneyed

is repeated too often.

is past tense of hackney.

the quality of being banal.

(en adjective)

Repeated too often.

The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.

* banal, commonplace, , shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn * See also

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(uncountable) The quality of being banal.

(countable) Something which is banal.

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