Difference between Threadbare and Hackneyed

What is the difference between Threadbare and Hackneyed?

Threadbare as an adjective is shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show while Hackneyed as an adjective is repeated too often.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show wearing clothes of threadbare material banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Repeated too often.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.

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