Void vs. Devoid

Void (adjective)

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

Void (adjective)

Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

Void (adjective)

Being without; destitute; devoid.

Void (adjective)

Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.

Void (adjective)

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

“null and void”

Void (adjective)

Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

Void (adjective)

That does not return a value.

Void (noun)

An empty space; a vacuum.

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

Void (noun)

An extended region of galaxies

Void (noun)

A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.

Void (noun)

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

Void (noun)

A voidee. from 15th c.

Void (verb)

To make invalid or worthless.

“He voided the check and returned it.”

Void (verb)

To empty.

“void one’s bowels”

Void (verb)

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

“to void excrement”

Void (verb)

To withdraw, depart.

Void (verb)

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

“to void a table”

Devoid (adjective)

empty; having none of; completely without

“I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.”

Devoid (verb)

To empty out; to remove.

“The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.”