Nullity vs Nothing - What's the difference?
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The state of being null, or void, or invalid.
(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.
Not any thing; no thing.
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(slang, in double negatives) Anything
Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
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A trivial remark (especially in the term (sweet nothings)).
A nobody (insignificant person).
(archaic) Not at all; in no way.
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Nullity is a related term of nothing.
As nouns the difference between nullity and nothing
is that nullity is the state of being null, or void, or invalid while nothing is something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.As a pronoun nothing is
not any thing; no thing.As an adverb nothing is
(archaic) not at all; in no way.nullity
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Noun
(nullities)- nullity of marriage
Derived terms
*decree of nullitynothing
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Alternative forms
* (nonstandard) nuffin, nuffink, nuttin'Pronoun
(wikipedia nothing) (English Pronouns)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
- I didn't see nothing. [= I didn't see anything].
Synonyms
* (not any thing) ** (standard) not a thing ** (slang) jack, nada, zip ** (vulgar slang) bugger all, jack shit, sod all (British), fuck all ** (Northern English dialect) nowt :: See * (something trifling) nothing of any consequence, nothing consequential, nothing important, nothing significant, something inconsequential, something insignificant, something of no consequence, something trifling, something unimportantAntonyms
* anything * everything * somethingNoun
(en noun)- What happened to your face?'' — ''It's nothing.
- Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings , but pursuances of old truths.
- You're nothing to me now!