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empty | none |

In obsolete terms the difference between empty and none

is that empty is producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree while none is no, not.

As nouns the difference between empty and none

is that empty is a container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty while none is a person without religious affiliation.

As an adjective empty

is devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

As a verb empty

is to make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.

As a pronoun none is

not any (one) {{term|of}} a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord.

As a determiner none is

not any; no.

As an adverb none is

(in no way) To no extent, in no way.

empty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
    • an empty''' purse; an '''empty''' jug; an '''empty stomach
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.}}
  • (computing, programming) Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
  • (obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of .
  • * Milton
    • that fair female troop empty of all good
  • * Shakespeare
    • I shall find you empty of that fault.
  • Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
  • * Shakespeare
    • an empty messenger
  • * Bible, Exodus iii. 21
    • When ye go ye shall not go empty .
  • Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
    • empty words, or threats
  • * Cibber
    • Words are but empty thanks.
  • Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
    • empty pleasures
  • * Alexander Pope
    • pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise
  • Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
    • empty dreams
  • (obsolete) Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
    • an empty vine
  • * Bible, Genesis xli. 27
    • seven empty ears blasted with the east wind
  • Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
    • empty''' brains; an '''empty coxcomb
  • * Shakespeare
    • that in civility thou seem'st so empty

    Synonyms

    * (devoid of content) unoccupied, clear, , toom, clean

    Antonyms

    * full

    Derived terms

    * empty-handed * emptiness * empty product * empty set * empty sum

    Verb

  • (ergative) To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
    • to empty a well or a cistern
    The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
  • * Bible, Eccl. xi. 3
    • The clouds empty themselves upon the earth.

    Antonyms

    * fill

    Derived terms

    * empty the tank

    Noun

    (empties)
  • A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
    • Put the empties out to be recycled.

    Derived terms

    * emptiness * run on empty

    External links

    * * English refractory feminine rhymes 1000 English basic words

    none

    English

    Alternative forms

    * non

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • Not any (one) (of) a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.}}
  • * 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, page 253:
    • Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.
  • Not any person: no one, nobody (with singular concord); no people (with plural concord).

    • Usage notes

    Although uncountable nouns require none'' to be conjugated with a singular verb, ''e.g.'', ''None of this meat tastes right'', the pronoun can be either singular or plural in most other cases, ''e.g.'', ''Fifty people applied for the position, but none were accepted.'', and ''None was qualified . However, where the given or implied context is clearly singular or plural, then a matching verb makes better sense: : None of these men is my father. : None of those options is the best one. : None of these people are my parents.

    Antonyms

    * some * all

    Derived terms

    * half a loaf is better than none

    Determiner

    (en determiner)
  • (archaic, outside, Scotland) Not any; no.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Matthew XXV:
    • the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.
  • * 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 138:
    • None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.

    External links

    * * (wikipedia "none")

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (senseid) To no extent, in no way.
    • I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
    He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
  • Not at all.
    • Now don't you worry none .
  • (obsolete) No, not.
  • * c. 1390 , Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Shipman's Tale", Canterbury Tales :
    • And up into his contour-hous gooth he / To rekene with hymself, wel may be, / Of thilke yeer how that it with hym stood, / And how that he despended hadde his good, / And if that he encresses were or noon .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person without religious affiliation.
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