Difference between Empty and Drained

What is the difference between Empty and Drained?

Empty as a verb is to make empty; to void; to remove the contents of while Drained as a verb is to lose liquid.

Empty

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to make empty; to void; to remove the contents of

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: devoid of content Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A bottle previously containing some liquid, especially a drink, and that is now empty.

Example sentence: Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.

Drained

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To lose liquid.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.

Example sentence: All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

We hope you now know whether to use Empty or Drained in your sentence.

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