Empty vs. Vacant — What's the Difference?

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied

(of a place) not occupied; empty

(of words or a gesture) lacking meaning or sincerity

Having or showing no intelligence or interest

Having no value or purpose

Containing nothing; empty

Remove all the contents of (a container)

Not occupied or put to use

A bottle or glass left empty of its contents

Without an incumbent or occupant; unfilled

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

Not filled with any activity

(Mathematics) Having no elements or members; null

(Law) Lacking an identified heir

Having no occupants; not being used

Lacking intelligence or knowledge

Not having an incumbent or occupant; unfilled

Lacking expression; blank

Not put to purposeful use; idle

Not occupied; empty.

Lacking force or power

Showing no intelligence or interest.

Lacking purpose or substance; meaningless

Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room.

Needing nourishment; hungry

Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.

Devoid; destitute

Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; unoccupied; as, a vacant throne; a vacant house; a vacant apartment; a vacant parish.

To remove the contents of

Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind.

To transfer or pour off completely

Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate.

To unburden; relieve

Void of thought or knowledge;

To become empty

Without an occupant or incumbent;

To discharge its contents

An empty container.

Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

Containing no elements (as of a string, array, or set), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

(obsolete) Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.

Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.

(of some female animals, especially cows and sheep) Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season.

Producing nothing; unfruitful.

To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.

(intransitive) Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.

A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.

Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; - said of an inclosure, or a container, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.

Free; clear; devoid; - often with of.

Having nothing to carry; unburdened.

Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; - said of language; as, empty words, or threats.

Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; - said of pleasure, the world, etc.

Producing nothing; unfruitful; - said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.

Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.

Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams.

An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; - used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."

To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.

To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

To become empty.

A container that has been emptied;

Make void or empty of contents;

Become empty or void of its content;

Leave behind empty; move out of;

Remove;

Excrete or discharge from the body

Holding or containing nothing;

Devoid of significance or point;

Having nothing inside;

Needing nourishment;

Emptied of emotion;