Inane vs Fatuous - What's the difference?
inane | fatuous |
Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
purposeless; pointless
* I. Taylor
That which is void or empty.
* Locke
*1881 , :
Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.
Fatuous is a synonym of inane.
As adjectives the difference between inane and fatuous
is that inane is lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) while fatuous is obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.As a noun inane
is that which is void or empty.inane
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This supremely gifted kid told me that in the early elementary grades, the songs sung in music class were so inane that he wanted to skip grades already! Eventually he did, so better late than never.
- Vague and inane instincts.
Synonyms
* (lacking sense) silly, fatuous, vapidDerived terms
* inanely * inanityNoun
(en noun)- The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.
- [...] whom we watch as we watch the clouds careering in the windy, bottomless inane , or read about like characters in ancient and rather fabulous annals.
Anagrams
* ----fatuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- To compare the intelligence levels of men and women is itself fatuous .