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Twee vs Inane - What's the difference?

twee | inane |

As adjectives the difference between twee and inane

is that twee is (british|pejorative) overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice while inane is lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).

As a noun inane is

that which is void or empty.

twee

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (British, pejorative) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
    • Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste.

    Synonyms

    * precious * saccharine * syrupy

    Related terms

    * twee pop

    Quotations

    * 1999:' Despite the fact that the designs were all a bit '''twee . . . they stood out a mile in the market place at that time. — Janet Foster, ''Docklands: Urban Change and Conflict in a Community in Transition ISBN 1857282744, p. 82 * 2001:' Forget the clichéd image of ''Brigadoon'' and shortbread tins, the dreadfully '''twee tartan tat and Celtic kitsch that, sadly, still exists in the 21st century, and is too often passed off as a genuine Highland experience. — Alan Murphy, ''Scotland Highlands & Islands Handbook: The Travel Guide ISBN 1900949946, p. 11 * 2002:' As always with Disney, there are moments when it all seems a bit '''twee , others when it is excessively PC. — Peter Ellison, ''Folens Models for Writing: Essential Non-fiction ISBN 1843032317, p. 40 * 2005:' I just wouldn’t have felt comfortable saying, "I am a duckbilled platypus, and this is how I find my shrimps." I think it would have been '''twee . — Richard Dawkins, ''Darwin's Rottweiler (interview) Discover magazine 2005-09-08

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    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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