The difference between Void and Water
When used as nouns, void means an empty space, whereas water means a substance (of molecular formula h₂o) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid.
When used as verbs, void means to make invalid or worthless, whereas water means to pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
Void is also adjective with the meaning: containing nothing.
check bellow for the other definitions of Void and Water
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Void as an adjective:
Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
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Void as an adjective:
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
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Void as an adjective:
Being without; destitute; devoid.
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Void as an adjective:
Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
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Void as an adjective:
Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
Examples:
"[[null and void]]"
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Void as an adjective:
Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
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Void as an adjective (computing, programming, of a [[function]] or [[method]]):
That does not return a value.
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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."
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Void as a noun (astronomy):
An extended region of space containing no galaxies
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Void as a noun (materials science):
A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
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Void as a noun (fluid mechanics):
A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
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Void as a verb (transitive):
To make invalid or worthless.
Examples:
"He voided the check and returned it."
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Void as a verb (transitive, medicine):
To empty.
Examples:
"'void one’s bowels"
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Void as a verb:
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
Examples:
"to void excrement"
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Void as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To withdraw, depart.
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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"
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Void as a noun (now, _, rare, historical):
A voidee.
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Water as a noun (uncountable):
A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam. The liquid form of this substance: liquid H₂O. A serving of liquid water.
Examples:
"By the action of electricity, the water was resolved into its two parts, oxygen and hydrogen."
"May I have a glass of water?"
"Your plants need more water."
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Water as a noun (alchemy, philosophy):
The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
Examples:
"He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God."
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Water as a noun (uncountable, or, in the plural):
Water in a body; an area of open water.
Examples:
"The boat was found within the territorial waters."
"These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile."
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Water as a noun (poetic, archaic, or, dialectal):
A body of water, almost always a river.
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Water as a noun (sometimes, countable):
A combination of water and other substance(s). Mineral water. Spa water. A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance. Urine. Amniotic fluid; used only in the plural in the UK but often also in the singular in North America, especially to avoid cacophony, as in this example: (The Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary says "often used in plural; also: bag of waters") Fluids in the body, especially when causing swelling.
Examples:
"Perrier is the most popular water in this restaurant."
"Many people visit Bath to take the waters."
"ammonia water'"
"Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s water breaks. qualifier North America"
"Before your child is born, your water(s) will break. qualifier North America"
"Before the child is born, the pregnant woman’s waters break. qualifier UK"
"He suffers from water on the knee."
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Water as a noun (figuratively, in the plural, or, in the singular):
A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective indicating an adverse condition.
Examples:
"The rough waters of change will bring about the calm after the storm."
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Water as a noun (colloquial, figuratively):
A person's intuition.
Examples:
"I know he'll succeed. I feel it in my waters."
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Water as a noun (uncountable, dated, finance):
Excess valuation of securities.
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Water as a noun:
The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
Examples:
"a diamond of the first water is perfectly pure and transparent"
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Water as a noun:
A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
Examples:
"I need to go water the cattle''."
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Water as a verb (intransitive):
To get or take in water.
Examples:
"The ship put into port to water."
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Water as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To urinate onto.
Examples:
"[[nature calls Nature called]], so I stepped into the woods and watered a tree."
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To dilute.
Examples:
"Can you water the whisky, please?"
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Water as a verb (transitive, dated, finance):
To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
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Water as a verb (intransitive):
To fill with or secrete water.
Examples:
"Chopping onions makes my eyes water."
"The smell of fried onions makes my mouth water."
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Water as a verb (transitive):
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
Examples:
"to water silk"
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