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Nullity vs Naught - What's the difference?

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Nullity is a related term of naught.


As nouns the difference between nullity and naught

is that nullity is the state of being null, or void, or invalid while naught is (uk|ireland|australia|nz) (now rare or archaic in us, canada ) zero.

As a pronoun naught is

nothing.

nullity

English

Noun

(nullities)
  • The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
    • nullity of marriage
  • (legal) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
  • (math) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.

    • Derived terms

    *decree of nullity

    naught

    English

    Alternative forms

    * nought

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Zero.
    • Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Nothing; nothingness.
    • Naught can come of this, you mark my words.''

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • nothing

    • See also

    * aught * naw * negative * no * noot * not * nought * nowt * ought * zip

    References

    * English third person pronouns