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Inane vs Mundane - What's the difference?

inane | mundane |

As adjectives the difference between inane and mundane

is that inane is lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) while mundane is worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.

As nouns the difference between inane and mundane

is that inane is that which is void or empty while mundane is an unremarkable, ordinary human being.

inane

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
  • 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.
  • purposeless; pointless
  • * I. Taylor
  • Vague and inane instincts.

    Synonyms

    * (lacking sense) silly, fatuous, vapid

    Derived terms

    * inanely * inanity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is void or empty.
  • * Locke
  • The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.
  • *1881 , :
  • [...] 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.

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    mundane

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly
  • Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
  • * 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
  • Amongst mundane bodies, six there are that do perpetually move, and they are the six Planets; of the rest, that is, of the Earth, Sun, and fixed Stars, it is disputable which of them moveth, and which stands still.
  • ordinary; not new
  • tedious; repetitive and boring
  • Synonyms

    * (of the earth) worldly * banal, boring, commonplace, everyday, routine, workaday, jejune

    Antonyms

    * heavenly * arcane

    References

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
  • (slang, derogatory, in various subcultures) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1959 , date = December 1 , first = Ron , last = Bennett , authorlink = , magazine = Skyrack , title = , url = http://www.gostak.co.uk/skyrack/SKYRACK10.htm , volume = , issue = 10 , page = , passage = THE LIVERPOOL PARTY at Pat and Frank Milnes’ celebrated both the Gunpowder Plot and the Liverpool Club’s 400th and something meeting. Two mundane and non-fan friends of the hosts - women, too - played brag all night and Norman Weedall disappeared at 3 a.m. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1989 , date = Spring , first = Lawrence , last = Person , authorlink = , magazine = , title = Fear and Loathing in New Orleans: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of American Fandom , url = , volume = 2 , issue = 3 (whole number
  • 7)
  • , page = 10 , passage = The Demon Barber and I played Shock the Mundanes . The door would open up and we would start a sentence in mid-imaginary conversation, like—‘Of course, they never found the body.’ }}
  • * 1996 , "Angel of Death", furries vs. mundanes'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.fan.furry )
  • Some people just think your (SIC) a sicko or something for enjoying the art. I know that alot (SIC) of the time, I would rather see some nice nude furrygirls instead of pictures of nude mundanes .
  • (fandom slang) The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1966 , date = November , first = Lee , last = Hoffman , authorlink = , magazine = Science-Fiction Five-Yearly , title = Our Authors , url = http://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Five_Yearly/sffy4-34.html , volume = , issue = 4 , page = 35 , passage = Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in the mundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture. }}

    Synonyms

    * (ordinary person) See * (mainstream person) See

    Derived terms

    * mundanely * mundaneness * mundanity

    See also

    * (pedialite) Article on the use of “mundane” as a derogatory term.

    Anagrams

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