Vanity vs Meaningless - What's the difference?
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That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
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Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance or achievements.
A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair. The table is normally quite low and similar to a desk, with drawers and one or more mirrors atop. Either a chair or bench is used to sit upon.
Emptiness.
(obsolete) Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
* It is a vanity to say that if two stones are dropped from a tower, the heavier will experience the greater acceleration.
* Francis Bacon
Lacking meaning.
Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
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As a noun vanity
is that which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.As an adjective meaningless is
lacking meaning.vanity
English
(wikipedia vanity)Noun
(vanities)- To help the matter, the alchemists call in many vanities out of astrology.
Synonyms
* conceit * egotism * narcissism * pride * See alsoDerived terms
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Adjective
(en adjective)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless .}}
