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hokum vs cant

cant vs hokum

hokum and cant both are nouns.

hokum is not a verb while cant is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hokum Yes No No No
cant Yes No Yes No
As nouns, cant is a hyponym of hokum; that is, cant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hokum:
  • hokum: a message that seems to convey no meaning
  • cant: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Other hyponyms of hokum include absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness, amphigory, nonsense verse, balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle, buzzword, cobblers, crock, fa la, fal la, gibber, gibberish, incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility, jabberwocky, flummery, mummery, empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver, rhetoric, rigamarole, rigmarole, schmegegge, shmegegge, hooey, poppycock, stuff, stuff and nonsense, baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle.
hokum (noun) cant (noun)
a message that seems to convey no meaning two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
insincere talk about religion or morals
a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
hokum (verb) cant (verb)
heel over
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