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Vacuous vs Devoid - What's the difference?

vacuous | devoid |

As adjectives the difference between vacuous and devoid

is that vacuous is lacking meaningful content while devoid is empty; having none of; completely without.

As a verb devoid is

(obsolete) to empty out; to remove.

vacuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking meaningful content.
  • Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant

    • Derived terms

    * vacuity (noun) * vacuously (adverb) * vacuousness (noun)

    devoid

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • empty; having none of; completely without
    • I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.

    Derived terms

    * devoidness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To empty out; to remove.

    • Anagrams

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