Platitude vs Conspicuous - What's the difference?
platitude | conspicuous |
An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a .
* 1918 — , ch XI
Unoriginality; triteness.
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A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
Obvious or easy to notice.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=7 Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
* 1969 , Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet , Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:
As a noun platitude
is an often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.As an adjective conspicuous is
obvious or easy to notice.platitude
English
Noun
(en noun)- Beauty, I suppose, opens the heart, extends the consciousness. It is a platitude , of course.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "platitude")Synonyms
* * See alsoconspicuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
- He was conspicuous by his absence.
- For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous .
- He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.
