different between amorphous vs characterless

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”) (itself from ?- (a-, “without”) + ????? (morph?, “form”) +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m??f?s/

Adjective

amorphous (comparative more amorphous, superlative most amorphous)

1. Lacking a definite form or clear shape.

   Synonyms: formless, shapeless; see also Thesaurus:amorphous

2. (by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
3. (by extension) Lacking organization or unity.
4. (physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
5. (set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.

Derived terms

• amorphism
• amorphously

Translations

Further reading

• amorphous solid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

character +? -less

Adjective

characterless (comparative more characterless, superlative most characterless)

1. Having no distinguishing character or quality.
   • 1855, William Cooper Nell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution,

     The great mass of American citizens estimate us, as being a characterless and purposeless people ; and hence we hold up our heads, if at all, against the withering influence of a nation's scorn and contempt.

   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Friction," [1]

     The House of All Sorts was new and characterless. It had not yet found itself—and an apartment house takes longer to find itself than do individual private houses.

2. Lacking in or devoid of personality.

Translations

Anagrams

• clearstarches