The difference between Empty and Toom
When used as nouns, empty means a container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty, whereas toom means a piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.
When used as verbs, empty means to make empty, whereas toom means to empty.
When used as adjectives, empty means devoid of content, whereas toom means empty.
check bellow for the other definitions of Empty and Toom
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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."
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Toom as an adjective (rare, or, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland):
Empty; bare.
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Toom as a noun (chiefly Scottish):
A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.
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Toom as a verb (rare, or, dialectal):
To empty; teem.
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Toom as a noun:
Vacant time, leisure.