Difference between Cavernous and Hollow

What is the difference between Cavernous and Hollow?

Cavernous as an adjective is resembling a cavern; vast while Hollow as an adjective is (of something solid) having an empty space or cavity inside.

Cavernous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: resembling a cavern; vast having many caverns

Hollow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to make a hole in something; to excavate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.(of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies"A sunken area in something solid.(US) A sunken area, the equivalent to a copse in British English.A feeling of emptiness.

Example sentence: August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.

We hope you now know whether to use Cavernous or Hollow in your sentence.

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