Inane vs Specious - What's the difference?
inane | specious |
Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
purposeless; pointless
* I. Taylor
That which is void or empty.
* Locke
*1881 , :
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
*1776 , Thomas Paine,
*:I have frequently amused myself both in public and private companies, with silently remarking, the specious errors of those who speak without reflecting.
Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive.
(obsolete) Beautiful, pleasing to look at.
As adjectives the difference between inane and specious
is that inane is lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance) while specious is seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.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
* ----specious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious , however good it may sound.