Anything vs. Nothing
Anythingpronoun
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.
Anythingpronoun
(with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.
Anythingnoun
Someone or something of importance.
Anythingadverb
In any way, any extent or any degree.
Anythingnoun
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything.
Anythingnoun
Expressing an indefinite comparison; - with as or like.
Anythingadverb
In any measure; anywise; at all.
Anythingnoun
a thing of any kind;
Anythingpronoun
used to refer to a thing, no matter what
Anythingpronoun
used for emphasis
Anythingpronoun
used to indicate a range
Nothingpronoun
Not any thing; no thing.
Nothingpronoun
An absence of anything, including empty space, brightness, darkness, matter, or a vacuum.
Nothingnoun
Something trifling, or of no consequence or importance.
Nothingnoun
A trivial remark (especially in the term sweet nothings).
Nothingnoun
A nobody (insignificant person).
Nothingadverb
(archaic) Not at all; in no way.
Nothingnoun
Not anything; no thing (in the widest sense of the word thing); - opposed to anything and something.
Nothingnoun
Nonexistence; nonentity; absence of being; nihility; nothingness.
Nothingnoun
A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent; something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle.
Nothingnoun
A cipher; naught.
Nothingadverb
In no degree; not at all; in no wise.
Nothingnoun
a quantity of no importance;
Nothingnoun
a nonexistent thing
Nothingadverb
in no way; to no degree;
Nothingpronoun
not anything; no single thing
Nothingpronoun
something of no importance or concern
Nothingpronoun
(in calculations) no amount; nought.
Nothingadjective
having no prospect of progress; of no value
Nothingadverb
not at all
Nothingadverb
used to contradict something emphatically
Nothing
, used as a pronoun subject, is the absence of a something or particular thing that one might expect or desire to be present (, ) or the inactivity of a thing or things that are usually or could be active (, ). As a predicate or complement is the absence of meaning, value, worth, relevance, standing, or significance ( ).
