Hollow vs Dimple - What's the difference?
hollow | dimple | Synonyms |
(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
(of a sound) Distant]], eerie; echoing, [[reverberate, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
(figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
(figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
* Shakespeare
(colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
A small valley between mountains; a low spot surrounded by elevations.
* Prior
* Tennyson
A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
(US) A sunken area.
(figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.
* Sir Walter Scott
A small depression or indentation in a surface.
* Wordsworth
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
To create a dimple in.
To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
* Dryden
Hollow is a synonym of dimple.
As nouns the difference between hollow and dimple
is that hollow is a small valley between mountains; a low spot surrounded by elevations while dimple is a small depression or indentation in a surface.As verbs the difference between hollow and dimple
is that hollow is to make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive) or hollow can be to urge or call by shouting; to hollo while dimple is to create a dimple in.As an adjective hollow
is (of something solid) having an empty space or cavity inside.As an adverb hollow
is (colloquial) completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.As an interjection hollow
is .hollow
English
Alternative forms
* hollerEtymology 1
(etyl) holw, holh, from (etyl) . More at cave.Adjective
(er)- a hollow''' tree; a '''hollow sphere
- a hollow moan
- (Dryden)
- a hollow victory
- a hollow promise
- With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.
Derived terms
* hollow legAdverb
(-)Etymology 2
(etyl) holow, earlier holgh, from (etyl) . See above.Noun
(en noun)- Forests grew upon the barren hollows .
- I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.
- He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
- the hollow of the hand or of a tree
- a hollow in the pit of one's stomach
Etymology 3
Compare holler.Verb
(en verb)- He has hollowed the hounds.
dimple
English
Noun
(en noun)- The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
- The garden pool's dark surface breaks into dimples small and bright.
- You have very cute dimples .
Synonyms
* (depression in a surface ): dentVerb
(dimpl)- The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.
- The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.
- And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.