Trifle vs. Trivial

Triflenoun

An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.

Triflenoun

Anything that is of little importance or worth.

Triflenoun

An insignificant amount of money.

Triflenoun

A very small amount (of something).

Triflenoun

A particular kind of pewter.

Triflenoun

(uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.

Trifleverb

(intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.

Trifleverb

(intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.

Trifleverb

(intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.

Trifleverb

(transitive) To squander or waste.

Trifleverb

To make a trifle of, to make trivial.

Triflenoun

A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

Triflenoun

A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.

Trifleverb

To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.

Trifleverb

To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.

Trifleverb

To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.

Triflenoun

jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce

Triflenoun

a detail that is considered insignificant

Triflenoun

something of small importance

Trifleverb

waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

Trifleverb

act frivolously

Trifleverb

consider not very seriously;

Triflenoun

a thing of little value or importance

Triflenoun

a small amount of something

Triflenoun

a cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly, and cream

Trifleverb

treat without seriousness or respect

Trifleverb

talk or act frivolously

Trifleverb

waste something, especially time, frivolously

Trifle

Trifle is a dessert found in British and other cuisines. Made with fruit, a thin layer of sponge fingers commonly soaked in sherry or another fortified wine, and custard, the contents of a trifle are highly variable; many varieties exist, some forgoing fruit entirely and instead using other ingredients, such as chocolate, coffee or vanilla.

Trivialadjective

Ignorable; of little significance or value.

Trivialadjective

Commonplace, ordinary.

Trivialadjective

Concerned with or involving trivia.

Trivialadjective

(taxonomy) Relating to or designating the name of a species; specific as opposed to generic.

Trivialadjective

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.

Trivialadjective

(mathematics) Self-evident.

Trivialadjective

Pertaining to the trivium.

Trivialadjective

(philosophy) Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.

Trivialnoun

(obsolete) Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

Trivialadjective

Found anywhere; common.

Trivialadjective

Ordinary; commonplace; trifling; vulgar.

Trivialadjective

Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair.

Trivialadjective

Of or pertaining to the trivium.

Trivialnoun

One of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

Trivialadjective

(informal terms) small and of little importance;

Trivialadjective

obvious and dull;

Trivialadjective

of little substance or significance;

Trivialadjective

concerned with trivialities;

Trivialadjective

not large enough to consider or notice