The difference between Empty and Non-empty

When used as adjectives, empty means devoid of content, whereas non-empty means of a set, containing at least one element.


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 Empty and Non-empty

  1. Empty as an adjective:

    Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

    Examples:

    "an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach"

  2. Empty as an adjective (computing, programming):

    Containing no elements (as of a string or array), opposed to being null (having no valid value).

  3. Empty as an adjective (obsolete):

    Free; clear; devoid; often with of.

  4. Empty as an adjective:

    Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened.

  5. Empty as an adjective:

    Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language.

    Examples:

    "empty words, or threats"

  6. Empty as an adjective:

    Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain.

    Examples:

    "empty pleasures"

  7. Empty as an adjective:

    Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial.

    Examples:

    "empty dreams"

  8. Empty as an adjective (obsolete):

    Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree.

    Examples:

    "an empty vine"

  9. Empty as an adjective:

    Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy.

    Examples:

    "empty brains; an empty coxcomb"

  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  1. 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."

  1. Non-empty as an adjective (set theory):

    Of a set, containing at least one element; not the empty set.

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