Zero vs. Nothing

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;

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 ( ).