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Predictable vs Hackneyed - What's the difference?

predictable | hackneyed |

As adjectives the difference between predictable and hackneyed

is that predictable is able to be predicted while hackneyed is repeated too often.

As a verb hackneyed is

(hackney).

predictable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be predicted.

    • Antonyms

    * unpredictable

    Derived terms

    * predictability

    Related terms

    * predict * prediction * predictor

    See also

    * expected * possible

    hackneyed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Repeated too often.
    • The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.

    Synonyms

    * banal, commonplace, , shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hackney)