Darkness vs. Void

Darknessnoun

(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light.

‘The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.’;

Voidadjective

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

Darknessnoun

(uncountable) Gloom.

Voidadjective

Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

Darknessnoun

(countable) The product of being dark.

Voidadjective

Being without; destitute; devoid.

Darknessnoun

(uncountable) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.

‘The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.’;

Voidadjective

Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

Darknessnoun

(uncountable) Evilness, lack of understanding or compassion, reference to death or suffering.

Voidadjective

Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.

‘null and void’;

Darknessnoun

The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

‘And darkness was upon the face of the deep.’;

Voidadjective

Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

Darknessnoun

A state of privacy; secrecy.

‘What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light.’;

Voidadjective

That does not return a value.

Darknessnoun

A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.

‘Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.’; ‘Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them outFrom all heaven's bounds.’;

Voidnoun

An empty space; a vacuum.

‘Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.’;

Darknessnoun

Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.

Voidnoun

(astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies

Darknessnoun

A state of distress or trouble.

‘A day of clouds and of thick darkness.’;

Voidnoun

(materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.

Darknessnoun

absence of light or illumination

Voidnoun

(fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.

Darknessnoun

an unilluminated area;

‘he moved off into the darkness’;

Voidnoun

A voidee.

Darknessnoun

absence of moral or spiritual values;

‘the powers of darkness’;

Voidverb

(transitive) To make invalid or worthless.

‘He voided the check and returned it.’;

Darknessnoun

an unenlightened state;

‘he was in the dark concerning their intentions’; ‘his lectures dispelled the darkness’;

Voidverb

To empty.

‘void one’s bowels’;

Darknessnoun

having a dark or somber color

Voidverb

To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

‘to void excrement’;

Darknessnoun

a swarthy complexion

Voidverb

To withdraw, depart.

Darkness

Darkness, the polar opposite of brightness, is understood as a lack of illumination or an absence of visible light. Human vision is unable to distinguish color in conditions of either high brightness or very low brightness.

Voidverb

To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

‘to void a table’;

Voidadjective

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

‘The earth was without form, and void.’; ‘I 'll get me to a place more void.’; ‘I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours,I may run over the story of his country.’;

Voidadjective

Having no incumbent; unoccupied; - said of offices and the like.

‘Divers great offices that had been long void.’;

Voidadjective

Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.

‘A conscience void of offense toward God.’; ‘He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.’;

Voidadjective

Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

‘[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.’; ‘I will make void the counsel of Judah.’;

Voidadjective

Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

Voidadjective

Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.

Voidnoun

An empty space; a vacuum.

‘Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense,And fills up all the mighty void of sense.’;

Voidverb

To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.

‘Void anon her place.’; ‘If they will fight with us, bid them come down,Or void the field.’;

Voidverb

To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.

‘A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices.’; ‘With shovel, like a fury, voided outThe earth and scattered bones.’;

Voidverb

To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.

‘After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken.’; ‘It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.’;

Voidverb

To be emitted or evacuated.

Voidnoun

the state of nonexistence

Voidnoun

an empty area or space;

‘the huge desert voids’; ‘the emptiness of outer space’; ‘without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum’;

Voidverb

declare invalid;

‘The contract was annulled’; ‘void a plea’;

Voidverb

clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place, receptacle, etc.) of something;

‘The chemist voided the glass bottle’; ‘The concert hall was voided of the audience’;

Voidverb

take away the legal force of or render ineffective;

‘invalidateas a contract’;

Voidverb

excrete or discharge from the body

Voidadjective

lacking any legal or binding force;

‘null and void’;

Voidadjective

containing nothing;

‘the earth was without form, and void’;