Half and Nothing

Half

Half adverb - In any way or respect.

Nothing is an antonym for half.

Nearby Word: halve

Nothing

Nothing adverb - Not in any degree, way, or under any condition.
Usage example: nothing daunted by the poor reception his first novel received, he proceeded to write another one

Half is an antonym for nothing.

Nearby Word: nothingness

Both words in one sentence

  • Midnight Snack At the trial the defendant is offered a pie and asked to swear to eat the half, only the half and nothing but the half.
  • Half-Human Hybrid Jack of Hearts, a Marvel Comics superhero, was half-human, half-Contraxian (his powers had little or nothing to do with that, it was a Freak Lab Accident).
  • One True Threesome To say nothing of Thracia 776 making both Beowulf/Raquesis and Finn/Raquesis canon, changing Delmud and Nanna from brother and sister to half-brother and half-sister.
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