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Platitude vs Anecdote - What's the difference?

platitude | anecdote |

As nouns the difference between platitude and anecdote

is that platitude is old spelling of while anecdote is a short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.

platitude

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a .
  • * 1918 — , ch XI
    • Beauty, I suppose, opens the heart, extends the consciousness. It is a platitude , of course.
  • Unoriginality; triteness.
  • *'>citation
  • A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "platitude")

    Synonyms

    * * See also

    anecdote

    English

    (wikipedia anecdote)

    Alternative forms

    * anecdota * anecdoton (Grecian) * anecdotum

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
  • An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
  • A previously untold secret account of an incident.

    • Derived terms

    * anecdotage * anecdotal * anecdotalism * anecdotally * anecdotard * anecdotarian * anecdoter * anecdotic * anecdotical * anecdotish (rare) * anecdotist * anecdotive (rare) * anecdotographer