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Hackneyed vs Hidebound - What's the difference?

hackneyed | hidebound |

As adjectives the difference between hackneyed and hidebound

is that hackneyed is repeated too often while hidebound is bound with the hide of an animal.

As a verb hackneyed

is (hackney).

hackneyed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Repeated too often.
    • The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.

    Synonyms

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

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hackney)

    • hidebound

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hide-bound (less common)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Bound with the hide of an animal.
  • *
  • *
  • (of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.
  • (of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
    • (Milton)
    (Carlyle)
  • (obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.
    • (Quarles)
    (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * (l)