The difference between Meaningless and Trivial

When used as adjectives, meaningless means lacking meaning, whereas trivial means ignorable.

Trivial is also noun with the meaning: any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

check bellow for the other definitions of Meaningless and Trivial

  1. Meaningless as an adjective:

    Lacking meaning.

    Examples:

    "The word "gugugu" is meaningless in English."

  2. Meaningless as an adjective:

    Insignificant; not worthy of importance.

    Examples:

    "All our efforts were ultimately meaningless."

  1. Trivial as an adjective:

    Ignorable; of little significance or value.

  2. Trivial as an adjective:

    Commonplace, ordinary.

  3. Trivial as an adjective:

    Concerned with or involving trivia.

  4. Trivial as an adjective (taxonomy):

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

  5. Trivial as an adjective (mathematics):

    Of, relating to, or being the simplest possible case.

  6. Trivial as an adjective (mathematics):

    Self-evident.

  7. Trivial as an adjective:

    Pertaining to the trivium.

  8. Trivial as an adjective (philosophy):

    Indistinguishable in case of truth or falsity.

  1. Trivial as a noun (obsolete):

    Any of the three liberal arts forming the trivium.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Skelton"

    "rfquotek Wood"

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