Welcome vs Nothing - What's the difference?
welcome | nothing |
To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
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To accept something willingly or gladly.
Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
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*:When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.
Producing gladness.
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The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.
The utterance of such a greeting.
Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.
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Not any thing; no thing.
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(slang, in double negatives) Anything
Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
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A trivial remark (especially in the term (sweet nothings)).
A nobody (insignificant person).
(archaic) Not at all; in no way.
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As nouns the difference between welcome and nothing
is that welcome is the act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "welcome!"; reception while nothing is something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.As an interjection welcome
is .As a verb welcome
is to affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "welcome!".As an adjective welcome
is whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.As a pronoun nothing is
not any thing; no thing.As an adverb nothing is
(archaic) not at all; in no way.welcome
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Verb
(welcom)Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“A very welcome , kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.
Noun
(en noun)- We entered the house and found a ready welcome .
- his warmest welcome at an inn
- Truth finds an entrance and a welcome too.
Derived terms
* wear out one's welcome * welcome wagon * you're welcome 1000 English basic wordsnothing
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Alternative forms
* (nonstandard) nuffin, nuffink, nuttin'Pronoun
(wikipedia nothing) (English Pronouns)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.}}
Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}
- I didn't see nothing. [= I didn't see anything].
Synonyms
* (not any thing) ** (standard) not a thing ** (slang) jack, nada, zip ** (vulgar slang) bugger all, jack shit, sod all (British), fuck all ** (Northern English dialect) nowt :: See * (something trifling) nothing of any consequence, nothing consequential, nothing important, nothing significant, something inconsequential, something insignificant, something of no consequence, something trifling, something unimportantAntonyms
* anything * everything * somethingNoun
(en noun)- What happened to your face?'' — ''It's nothing.
- Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings , but pursuances of old truths.
- You're nothing to me now!
