Pointless vs Hopeless - What's the difference?
pointless | hopeless |
Having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end.
Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.
Having no purpose; purposeless; unable to effect an aim.
(mathematics) Without points.
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
* (William Shakespeare)
*, chapter=15
, title= Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
Without talent, not skilled
As adjectives the difference between pointless and hopeless
is that pointless is having no point or sharp tip; terminating squarely or in a rounded end while hopeless is without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.pointless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a pointless sword
- a pointless knife
- a pointless remark
- The sequel to the film was even more pointless than the original
- '' Since the decision has already been made, further discussion seems pointless .
- a pointless topology
Synonyms
* (having no point or tip) blunt, dull, obtuse * (having no purpose) needless, purposeless, redundant, superfluous * (l)Antonyms
* (not sharp) pointed, sharp * (having no purpose) useful, pointfulDerived terms
* pointlessly * pointlessnessExternal links
* *hopeless
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I am a woman, friendless, hopeless .
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
- He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
