Hackneyed vs. Cliche

Hackneyedadjective

Repeated too often.

‘The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.’;

Clichenoun

A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.

Hackneyedadjective

(dated) Let out for hire.

Clichenoun

a trite or obvious remark.

Hackneyedverb

simple past tense and past participle of hackney

Clichenoun

a trite or obvious remark

Hackneyedadjective

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;

‘bromidic sermons’; ‘his remarks were trite and commonplace’; ‘hackneyed phrases’; ‘a stock answer’; ‘repeating threadbare jokes’; ‘parroting some timeworn axiom’; ‘the trite metaphor `hard as nails'’;