Naught vs. Zero

Naughtpronoun

(archaic) Nothing.

Naughtnoun

(archaic) Nothingness.

Naughtnoun

alternative spelling of nought

Naughtnumeral

alternative spelling of nought

Naughtnoun

Nothing.

Naughtnoun

The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.

Naughtadverb

In no degree; not at all.

Naughtadjective

Of no value or account; worthless; bad; useless.

Naughtadjective

Hence, vile; base; naughty.

Naughtnoun

a quantity of no importance;

Naughtnoun

complete failure;

Zeronumeral

The cardinal number occurring before one and that denotes no quantity or amount at all, represented in Arabic numerals as 0.

Zeronoun

The numeric symbol that represents the cardinal number zero.

Zeronoun

The digit 0 in the decimal, binary, and all other base numbering systems.

Zeronoun

Nothing, or none.

Zeronoun

The value of a magnitude corresponding to the cardinal number zero.

Zeronoun

The point on a scale at which numbering or measurement originates.

Zeronoun

(mathematics) A value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero.

Zeronoun

The additive identity element of a monoid or greater algebraic structure, particularly a group or ring.

Zeronoun

(slang) A person of little or no importance.

Zeronoun

(military) A Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a long range fighter aircraft operated by the Japanese Navy Air Service from 1940 to 1945.

Zeronoun

A setting of calibrated instruments such as a firearm.

Zeronoun

(finance) A security which has a zero coupon (paying no periodic interest).

Zeroadjective

(informal) no, not any

Zeroadjective

(meteorology) Of a cloud ceiling, limiting vision to 50 feet (15 meters) or less.

Zeroadjective

(meteorology) Of horizontal visibility, limited to 165 feet (50.3 meters) or less.

Zeroadjective

(linguistics) Present at an abstract level, but not realized in the data.

Zeroverb

(transitive) To set a measuring instrument to zero; to calibrate instrument scale to valid zero.

Zeroverb

To change a memory location or range to values of zero; to set a variable in a computer program to zero.

Zeroverb

(transitive) To cause or set some value or amount to be zero.

Zeroverb

(transitive) To eliminate; to delete; to overwrite with zeros.

Zeroverb

(intransitive) To disappear

Zeronoun

A cipher; nothing; naught.

Zeronoun

The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.

Zeronoun

Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.

Zeronoun

a quantity of no importance;

Zeronoun

a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

Zeronoun

the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale

Zeroverb

adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

Zeroverb

adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun);

Zeroadjective

indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration;

Zeroadjective

indicating an initial point or origin

Zeroadjective

of or relating to the null set (a set with no members)

Zeroadjective

having no measurable or otherwise determinable value;