Vacant vs Useless - What's the difference?
vacant | useless | Related terms |
Not occupied; empty.
Showing no intelligence or interest.
Without use or possibility to be used.
Unhelpful, not useful; pointless (of an action).
(pejorative, of a person) good-for-nothing; not dependable.
(colloquial, of a person) unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
Vacant is a related term of useless.
As adjectives the difference between vacant and useless
is that vacant is not occupied; empty while useless is without use or possibility to be used.vacant
English
Adjective
(-)- vacant lot
- ''a vacant stare
Synonyms
* (Not occupied) available, empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied * (Showing no intelligence or interest) vacuous, thousand mile stareDerived terms
* vacancy noun * vacantly adverbuseless
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- This fork has prongs that are bent. It's useless now.
- I think it's useless to keep this discussion going. It's like talking to a wall.
- I tried my best to make him quit smoking, but my efforts were useless . He now smokes six packs a day.
- Bill never mows the lawn, takes out the trash or anything. He's useless , but I love him anyways.
- My brother is useless at most computer games, but he is an awesome PS2 player.
- Why do you keep trying? You're obviously useless at it.
