Hollow vs. Valley: What's the Difference?

Hollow and Valley Definitions
Hollow
Having a cavity, gap, or space within
A hollow wall.
Valley
An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.
Hollow
Deeply indented or concave; sunken
"His bearded face already has a set, hollow look" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
Valley
An extensive area of land drained or irrigated by a river system.
Hollow
Without substance or character
A hollow person.
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Valley
A depression or hollow resembling or suggesting a valley, as the point at which the two slopes of a roof meet.
Hollow
Devoid of truth or validity; specious
"Theirs is at best a hollow form of flattery" (Annalyn Swan).
Valley
An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often garnished with a river flowing through it.
Hollow
Having a reverberating, sepulchral sound
Hollow footsteps.
Valley
An area which drains itself into a river.
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Hollow
A cavity, gap, or space
A hollow behind a wall.
Valley
Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
Hollow
An indented or concave surface or area.
Valley
To form the shape of a valley.
Hollow
A void; an emptiness
A hollow in one's life.
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Valley
The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively.
The valley of the shadow of death.
Sweet interchangeOf hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
Hollow
A small valley between hills or mountains.
Valley
The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reëntrant angle.
Hollow
To make hollow
Hollow out a pumpkin.
Valley
A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
Hollow
To scoop or form by making concave
Hollow out a nest in the sand.
Hollow
To become hollow or empty.
Hollow
A small valley between mountains.
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
Hollow
A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
The hollow of the hand or of a tree
Hollow
(figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
A hollow in the pit of one’s stomach
Hollow
(US) A sunken area.
Hollow
(transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate
Hollow
To call or urge by shouting; to hollo.
Hollow
(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
A hollow tree; a hollow sphere
Hollow
(of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
He let out a hollow moan.
Hollow
(figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
A hollow victory
Hollow
(figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
A hollow promise
Hollow
Concave; gaunt; sunken.
Hollow
(gymnastics) Pertaining to hollow body position
Hollow
(colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
Hollow
Alternative form of hollo
Hollow
Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it.
Hollow
Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.
Hollow
Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
Hollow
Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend.
Hollow
A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.
Hollow
A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
Forests grewUpon the barren hollows.
I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.
Hollow
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.
Hollow
To shout; to hollo.
Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear.
Hollow
To urge or call by shouting.
He has hollowed the hounds.
Hollow
Hollo.
Hollow
A cavity or space in something;
Hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks
Hollow
A small valley between mountains;
He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians
Hollow
A depression hollowed out of solid matter
Hollow
Remove the inner part or the core of;
The mining company wants to excavate the hillsite
Hollow
Remove the interior of;
Hollow out a tree trunk
Hollow
Not solid; having a space or gap or cavity;
A hollow wall
A hollow tree
Hollow cheeks
His face became gaunter and more hollow with each year
Hollow
Deliberately deceptive;
Hollow (or false) promises
False pretenses
Hollow
As if echoing in a hollow space;
The hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom
Hollow
Devoid of significance or point;
Empty promises
A hollow victory
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