empty space vs hollow

empty space

noun
  • A feeling of longing for someone or something that is gone; a sense of a thing's absence. 

  • Vacuum; a space containing nothing at all 

  • An unoccupied space where something may be stored 

  • An unoccupied area or volume. 

hollow

noun
  • A feeling of emptiness. 

  • A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial. 

  • A sunken area. 

  • A small valley between mountains. 

adj
  • Concave; gaunt; sunken. 

  • Insincere, devoid of validity; specious. 

  • Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched. 

  • Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless. 

  • Pertaining to hollow body position 

  • Having an empty space or cavity inside. 

verb
  • To call or urge by shouting; to hollo. 

  • to make a hole in something; to excavate 

adv
  • Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow. 

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