Difference between Gimcrack and Nonsense

What is the difference between Gimcrack and Nonsense?

Gimcrack as a noun is something showy but worthless; a gimmick or bauble. while Nonsense as a noun is letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.

Gimcrack

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Showy but of poor quality; worthless.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Something showy but worthless; a gimmick or bauble.

Nonsense

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make nonsense ofTo attempt to dismiss as nonsense.To joke around, to waste time

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.An untrue statement.Something foolish.A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

Example sentence: I think that if you don't do the full analysis of what the origin of the electrical power is, where it comes from, how you get batteries into these cars, what the cost is in terms of CO2 and the environment, I think the analysis that we are going to save the planet with electric cars is nonsense.

We hope you now know whether to use Gimcrack or Nonsense in your sentence.

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