Emptiness vs. Nothingness — What's the Difference?

Emptiness as a human condition is a sense of generalized boredom, social alienation and apathy. Feelings of emptiness often accompany dysthymia, depression, loneliness, anhedonia, despair, or other mental/emotional disorders, including schizoid personality disorder, post trauma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizotypal personality disorder and borderline personality disorder.

The condition or quality of being nothing; nonexistence.

Having nothing inside or on the surface; holding or containing nothing

Empty space; a void.

(Mathematics) Having no elements or members; null

Lack of consequence; insignificance.

Having no occupants; not being used

Something inconsequential or insignificant.

Not having an incumbent or occupant; unfilled

The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing.

Not put to purposeful use; idle

A void; an emptiness.

Lacking force or power

The quality of inconsequentiality; the lack of significance.

Lacking purpose or substance; meaningless

Nihility; nonexistence.

Needing nourishment; hungry

The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.

Devoid; destitute

The state of nonexistence

To remove the contents of

Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;

To transfer or pour off completely

To unburden; relieve

To become empty

To discharge its contents

An empty container.

The state or feeling of being empty.

A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.

A nonexistence; a lack of existence.

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; as, the emptiness of earthly glory.

Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.

The state of containing nothing

Having an empty stomach

An empty area or space;

The quality of being valueless or futile;