Difference between Platitude and Banal

What is the difference between Platitude and Banal?

Platitude as a noun is an often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché. while Banal as an adjective is common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

Platitude

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché. Unoriginality; triteness. A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.

Banal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.

We hope you now know whether to use Platitude or Banal in your sentence.

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