flummery vs nonsense
nonsense vs flummeryflummery and nonsense both are nouns.
flummery is not an adjective while nonsense is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flummery | Yes | No | No | No |
| nonsense | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
nonsense is a hypernym of
flummery; that is, nonsense is a
word with a broader meaning than flummery:
- flummery: meaningless ceremonies and flattery
- nonsense: a message that seems to convey no meaning
| flummery (noun) | nonsense (noun) |
|---|---|
| meaningless ceremonies and flattery | ornamental objects of no great value |
| a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal | a message that seems to convey no meaning |
| flummery (adjective) | nonsense (adjective) |
|---|---|
| having no intelligible meaning |
Words related to "flummery"
Words related to "nonsense"
- absurdity
- absurdness
- amphigory
- balderdash
- baloney
- bilgewater
- boloney
- bosh
- bunk
- buzzword
- cant
- cobblers
- content
- crock
- decoration
- drool
- empty talk
- empty words
- fa la
- fal la
- falderol
- fiddle-faddle
- flummery
- folderal
- frill
- gibber
- gibberish
- gimcrack
- gimcrackery
- hokum
- hooey
- hot air
- humbug
- incoherence
- incoherency
- jabberwocky
- meaningless
- meaninglessness
- message
- mummery
- nonmeaningful
- nonsense verse
- nonsensical
- nonsensicality
- ornament
- ornamentation
- palaver
- piffle
- poppycock
- rhetoric
- ridiculousness
- rigamarole
- rigmarole
- schmegegge
- shmegegge
- stuff
- stuff and nonsense
- subject matter
- substance
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tommyrot
- tosh
- trumpery
- twaddle
- unintelligibility
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