The difference between Pore and Void

When used as nouns, pore means a tiny opening in the skin, whereas void means an empty space.

When used as verbs, pore means to study meticulously, whereas void means to make invalid or worthless.


Void is also adjective with the meaning: containing nothing.

check bellow for the other definitions of Pore and Void

  1. Pore as a noun:

    A tiny opening in the skin.

  2. Pore as a noun:

    By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many, or one allowing the passage of a fluid.

  1. Pore as a verb:

    to study meticulously; to go over again and again.

  2. Pore as a verb:

    to meditate or reflect in a steady way.

  1. Void as an adjective:

    Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

  2. Void as an adjective:

    Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

  3. Void as an adjective:

    Being without; destitute; devoid.

  4. Void as an adjective:

    Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

  5. Void as an adjective:

    Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.

    Examples:

    "[[null and void]]"

  6. Void as an adjective:

    Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

  7. Void as an adjective (computing, programming, of a [[function]] or [[method]]):

    That does not return a value.

  1. Void as a noun:

    An empty space; a vacuum.

    Examples:

    "Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go."

  2. Void as a noun (astronomy):

    An extended region of space containing no galaxies

  3. Void as a noun (materials science):

    A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.

  4. Void as a noun (fluid mechanics):

    A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.

  1. Void as a verb (transitive):

    To make invalid or worthless.

    Examples:

    "He voided the check and returned it."

  2. Void as a verb (transitive, medicine):

    To empty.

    Examples:

    "'void one’s bowels"

  3. Void as a verb:

    To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

    Examples:

    "to void excrement"

  4. Void as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To withdraw, depart.

  5. Void as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

    Examples:

    "to void a table"

  1. Void as a noun (now, _, rare, historical):

    A voidee.

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