Triste vs. Trite — What's the Difference?

Sad; wistful.

Trite is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Most of the 18 described species occur in Australia and New Zealand, with several spread over islands of Oceania, one species even reaching Rapa in French Polynesia.

(rare) Sad; sorrowful; gloomy.

(of a remark or idea) lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse

A cattle fair.

Not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed.

A cattle fair.

Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.

(legal) So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.

A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.

Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.

Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;