Difference between Vacuous and Empty

What is the difference between Vacuous and Empty?

Vacuous as an adjective is showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant while Empty as an adjective is devoid of content

Vacuous

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant

Empty

Part of speech: verb

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

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: devoid of contentContaining 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: Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

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

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