Hollow vs. Void

Hollow vs. Void — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Hollow and Void

Hollownoun

A small valley between mountains.

He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.

Voidadjective

Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

Hollownoun

A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.

the hollow of the hand or of a tree

Voidadjective

Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

Hollownoun

(US) A sunken area.

Voidadjective

Being without; destitute; devoid.

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Hollownoun

(figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.

a hollow in the pit of one's stomach

Voidadjective

Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

Hollowverb

(transitive) to make a hole in something; to excavate

Voidadjective

Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.

null and void

Hollowverb

To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.

Voidadjective

Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

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Hollowadjective

(of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.

a hollow tree; a hollow sphere

Voidadjective

That does not return a value.

Hollowadjective

(of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.

He let out a hollow moan.

Voidnoun

An empty space; a vacuum.

Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.

Hollowadjective

(figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.

a hollow victory

Voidnoun

(astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies

Hollowadjective

(figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.

a hollow promise

Voidnoun

(materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.

Hollowadjective

concave; gaunt; sunken.

Voidnoun

(fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.

Hollowadjective

(gymnastics) pertaining to hollow body position

Voidnoun

A voidee.

Hollowadverb

(colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

Voidverb

(transitive) To make invalid or worthless.

He voided the check and returned it.

Hollowinterjection

alternative form of hollo

Voidverb

To empty.

void one’s bowels

Hollownoun

a cavity or space in something;

hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks

Voidverb

To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

to void excrement

Hollownoun

a small valley between mountains;

he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians

Voidverb

To withdraw, depart.

Hollownoun

a depression hollowed out of solid matter

Voidverb

To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

to void a table

Hollowverb

remove the inner part or the core of;

the mining company wants to excavate the hillsite

Voidnoun

the state of nonexistence

Hollowverb

remove the interior of;

hollow out a tree trunk

Voidnoun

an empty area or space;

the huge desert voidsthe emptiness of outer spacewithout their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum

Hollowadjective

not solid; having a space or gap or cavity;

a hollow walla hollow treehollow cheekshis face became gaunter and more hollow with each year

Voidverb

declare invalid;

The contract was annulledvoid a plea

Hollowadjective

deliberately deceptive;

hollow (or false) promisesfalse pretenses

Voidverb

clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place, receptacle, etc.) of something;

The chemist voided the glass bottleThe concert hall was voided of the audience

Hollowadjective

as if echoing in a hollow space;

the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom

Voidverb

take away the legal force of or render ineffective;

invalidateas a contract

Hollowadjective

devoid of significance or point;

empty promisesa hollow victoryvacuous comments

Voidverb

excrete or discharge from the body

Voidadjective

lacking any legal or binding force;

null and void

Voidadjective

containing nothing;

the earth was without form, and void