Nothing vs. Nothingness — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nothing and Nothingness
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Nothing
"Nothing", used as a pronoun subject, is the absence of a something or particular thing that one might expect or desire to be present ("We found nothing", "Nothing was there") or the inactivity of a thing or things that are usually or could be active ("Nothing moved", "Nothing happened"). As a predicate or complement "nothing" is the absence of meaning, value, worth, relevance, standing, or significance ("It is a tale/ Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/ Signifying nothing"; "The affair meant nothing"; "I'm nothing in their eyes").
Nothingness
The condition or quality of being nothing; nonexistence.
Nothing
Not anything; no single thing
I said nothing
They found nothing wrong
There's nothing you can do
Nothingness
Empty space; a void.
Nothing
Having no prospect of progress; of no value
He had a series of nothing jobs
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Nothingness
Lack of consequence; insignificance.
Nothing
Not at all
He looks nothing like the others
A man who cared nothing for her
Nothingness
Something inconsequential or insignificant.
Nothing
Something that has no existence.
Nothingness
The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing.
Nothing
Something that has no quantitative value; zero
A score of two to nothing.
Nothingness
A void; an emptiness.
Nothing
One that has no substance or importance; a nonentity
"A nothing is a dreadful thing to hold onto" (Edna O'Brien).
Nothingness
The quality of inconsequentiality; the lack of significance.
Nothing
Insignificant or worthless
"the utterly nothing role of a wealthy suitor" (Bosley Crowther).
Nothingness
Nihility; nonexistence.
Nothing
In no way or degree; not at all
She looks nothing like her sister.
Nothingness
The state of being of no value; a thing of no value.
Nothing
Not any thing; no thing.
Nothingness
The state of nonexistence
Nothing
An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
Nothingness
Empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk;
That's a lot of wind
Don't give me any of that jazz
Nothing
Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
- What happened to your face?
- It's nothing.
- It's nothing.
Nothing
A trivial remark especially in the term sweet nothings.
Nothing
A nobody insignificant person.
Nothing
(archaic) Not at all; in no way.
Nothing
Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); - opposed to anything and something.
Yet had his aspect nothing of severe.
Nothing
Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness.
Nothing
A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought.
'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend,This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end.
Nothing
A cipher; naught.
Nothing
In no degree; not at all; in no wise.
Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed.
The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed.
Nothing
A quantity of no importance;
It looked like nothing I had ever seen before
Reduced to nil all the work we had done
We racked up a pathetic goose egg
It was all for naught
I didn't hear zilch about it
Nothing
A nonexistent thing
Nothing
In no way; to no degree;
He looks nothing like his father
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