Trite vs Banality - What's the difference?
trite | banality |
Worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).
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A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
(uncountable) The quality of being banal.
(countable) Something which is banal.
As nouns the difference between trite and banality
is that trite is a denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater while banality is the quality of being banal.As an adjective trite
is worn out; hackneyed; used so many times that it is no longer interesting or effective (often in reference to a word or phrase).trite
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
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