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Inanity vs Insanity - What's the difference?

inanity | insanity |

As nouns the difference between inanity and insanity

is that inanity is (uncountable) the property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness while insanity is the state of being insane; madness.

inanity

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.
  • Something that is inane.
    • Working in any bureaucracy means being bedeviled by inanities daily.

    insanity

    English

    (wikipedia insanity)

    Noun

  • The state of being insane; madness.

    • Antonyms

    * sanity

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * insane