Empty vs. Void — What's the Difference?

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied

Containing no matter; empty.

(of words or a gesture) lacking meaning or sincerity

Not occupied; unfilled.

Having no value or purpose

Completely lacking; devoid

Remove all the contents of (a container)

Ineffective; useless.

A bottle or glass left empty of its contents

Having no legal force or validity; null

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

(Games) Lacking cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand.

(Mathematics) Having no elements or members; null

An empty space.

Having no occupants; not being used

A vacuum.

Not having an incumbent or occupant; unfilled

An open space or a break in continuity; a gap.

Not put to purposeful use; idle

A feeling or state of emptiness, loneliness, or loss.

Lacking force or power

(Games) Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand

Lacking purpose or substance; meaningless

To take out (the contents of something); empty.

Needing nourishment; hungry

To excrete (body wastes).

Devoid; destitute

To leave; vacate.

To remove the contents of

To make void or of no validity; invalidate

To transfer or pour off completely

To excrete body wastes.

To unburden; relieve

Nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

To become empty

Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

To discharge its contents

Being without; destitute; devoid.

An empty container.

Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

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

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

Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

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

That does not return a value; a procedure.

Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

An empty space; a vacuum.

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

(astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies.

Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

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

Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

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

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

(construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.

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

A black cat.

Producing nothing; unfruitful.

An empty place; A location that has nothing useful.

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

A voidee.

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

(transitive) To make invalid or worthless.

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

To 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.

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

Free; clear; devoid; - often with of.

To withdraw, depart.

Having nothing to carry; unburdened.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

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

Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

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

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

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.

An empty space; a vacuum.

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

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

To become empty.

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

A container that has been emptied;

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

Make void or empty of contents;

To be emitted or evacuated.

Become empty or void of its content;

The state of nonexistence

Leave behind empty; move out of;

An empty area or space;

Remove;

Declare invalid;

Excrete or discharge from the body

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

Holding or containing nothing;

Take away the legal force of or render ineffective;

Devoid of significance or point;

Excrete or discharge from the body

Having nothing inside;

Lacking any legal or binding force;

Needing nourishment;

Containing nothing;

Emptied of emotion;