The difference between Airy and Empty
When used as adjectives, airy means consisting of air, whereas empty means devoid of content.
Empty is also noun with the meaning: a container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
Empty is also verb with the meaning: to make empty.
check bellow for the other definitions of Airy and Empty
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Airy as an adjective:
Consisting of air.
Examples:
"an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies"
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Airy as an adjective:
Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial.
Examples:
"an airy flight"
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Airy as an adjective:
Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy.
Examples:
"an airy situation"
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Airy as an adjective:
Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
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Airy as an adjective:
Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful.
Examples:
"airy music"
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Airy as an adjective:
Not based on reality; having no solid foundation
Examples:
"synonyms: empty trifling visionary"
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Airy as an adjective:
light-hearted; vivacious
Examples:
"synonyms: sprightly flippant superficial"
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Airy as an adjective:
Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand.
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Airy as an adjective (painting):
Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
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Empty as an adjective:
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
Examples:
"an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach"
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Empty as an adjective (computing, programming):
Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).
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Empty as an adjective (obsolete):
Free; clear; devoid; often with of.
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Empty as an adjective:
Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.
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Empty as an adjective:
Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.
Examples:
"empty words, or threats"
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Empty as an adjective:
Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.
Examples:
"empty pleasures"
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Empty as an adjective:
Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.
Examples:
"empty dreams"
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Empty as an adjective (obsolete):
Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.
Examples:
"an empty vine"
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Empty as an adjective:
Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.
Examples:
"empty brains; an empty coxcomb"
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Empty as a verb (transitive, ergative):
To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of.
Examples:
"to empty a well or a cistern"
"The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film."
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Empty as a verb (intransitive):
Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination.
Examples:
"Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River."
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Empty as a noun:
A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty.
Examples:
"Put the empties out to be recycled."