Trait vs. Trite
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Difference Between Trait and Trite
Traitnoun
an identifying characteristic, habit or trend
The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?Triteadjective
Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.
Traitnoun
(object-oriented) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin, as an interface contains only method signatures, while a trait includes also the full method definitions. On the other hand, mixins include method definitions, but they can also carry state through attributes, while traits usually don't.Triteadjective
(legal) So well established as to be beyond debate: trite law.
Traitnoun
a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
Tritenoun
A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.
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Tritenoun
Trite, a genus of spiders, found in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, of the family Salticidae.
Triteadjective
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
bromidic sermonshis remarks were trite and commonplacehackneyed phrasesa stock answerrepeating threadbare jokesparroting some timeworn axiomthe trite metaphor `hard as nails'
