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Superficial vs Triviality - What's the difference?

superficial | triviality |

As nouns the difference between superficial and triviality

is that superficial is (chiefly in plural) a surface detail while triviality is the quality of being trivial or unimportant.

As an adjective superficial

is shallow, lacking substance.

superficial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shallow, lacking substance.
  • At face value.
  • *
    • Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
  • Of or pertaining to the surface.
  • Being near the surface.
  • (rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.

    • Synonyms

    * (of or pertaining to the surface) surficial

    Antonyms

    * in-depth * thorough * (lacking substance) substantive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly in plural) A surface detail.
    • He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.

    Related terms

    * superfice (archaic) ----

    triviality

    English

    Noun

    (trivialities)
  • The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
  • Something which is trivial or unimportant.
  • * 1908:
    • I propose to devote the remainder of mine to it, and can only regret the wasted years that lie behind me, squandered in trivialities .