Trite vs Mediocre - What's the difference?
trite | mediocre |
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.
Ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality;
As adjectives the difference between trite and mediocre
is that 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) while mediocre is mediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality).As a noun trite
is a denomination of coinage in ancient greece equivalent to one third of a stater.trite
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
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- McPedro the cactus: How to woo a woman! On yehr fahrst date, don’t bring her cut flowers! That’s inhumane! And trite !
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*Etymology 2
(en) (wikipedia trite)Noun
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* * * ----mediocre
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Alternative forms
* mediocer (obsolete) * (dated)Adjective
(en adjective)- I'm pretty good at tennis but only mediocre at racquetball.