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frippery vs triviality

triviality vs frippery

frippery and triviality both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
frippery Yes No No No
triviality Yes No No No
As nouns, triviality is a hypernym of frippery; that is, triviality is a word with a broader meaning than frippery:
  • frippery: something of little value or significance
  • triviality: something of small importance
Other hypernyms of frippery include small beer, trifle, trivia.
frippery (noun) triviality (noun)
something of little value or significance something of small importance
the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
a detail that is considered insignificant
Difference between frippery and triviality

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