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meaninglessness vs cant

cant vs meaninglessness

meaninglessness and cant both are nouns.

meaninglessness is not a verb while cant is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
meaninglessness Yes No No No
cant Yes No Yes No
As nouns, cant is a hyponym of meaninglessness; that is, cant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than meaninglessness:
  • meaninglessness: a message that seems to convey no meaning
  • cant: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Other hyponyms of meaninglessness 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.
meaninglessness (noun) cant (noun)
the quality of having no value or significance two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
a message that seems to convey no meaning 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
meaninglessness (verb) cant (verb)
heel over
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