faint vs null

faint

adj
  • Slight; minimal. 

  • Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness 

  • Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy 

  • Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp 

  • Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected 

noun
  • The act of fainting, syncope. 

  • The state of one who has fainted; a swoon. 

verb
  • To decay; to disappear; to vanish. 

  • To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions). 

  • To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. 

null

adj
  • Insignificant. 

  • Having no validity; "null and void". 

  • Causing a complete loss of gene function; amorphic. 

  • Absent or non-existent. 

  • Of the null set. 

  • Of or comprising a value of precisely zero. 

  • Neutral. 

noun
  • The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator. 

  • Zero quantity of expressions; nothing. 

  • One of the beads in nulled work. 

  • A non-existent or empty value or set of values. 

  • Something that has no force or meaning. 

  • The attribute of an entity that has no valid value. 

  • The null hypothesis. 

verb
  • To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software). 

  • To return to the null position, setting, etc. 

  • To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe. 

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