Vain vs. Wane — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Vain and Wane
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Definitions
Vain
Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth
A vain woman with a streak of snobbery
Their flattery made him vain
Wane
(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
Vain
Producing no result; useless
A vain attempt to tidy up the room
The vain hope of finding work
Wane
(of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker
Confidence in the dollar waned
Vain
Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless
A vain attempt.
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Wane
The amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape
I cut the log into slabs without removing the outside wane
Vain
Lacking substance or worth
Vain talk.
Wane
To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity
Interest in the subject waned.
Vain
Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
Wane
To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new.
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Vain
(Archaic) Foolish.
Wane
To approach an end
The day began to wane.
Vain
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
Wane
The act or process of gradually declining or diminishing.
Vain
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
Wane
A time or phase of gradual decrease.
Vain
Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
Vain toil
A vain attempt
Wane
The period of the decrease of the moon's illuminated visible surface.
Vain
Showy; ostentatious.
Wane
A defective edge of a board caused by remaining bark or a beveled end.
Vain
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
Every man walketh in a vain show.
Let no man deceive you with vain words.
Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye!
Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.
Wane
A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
Vain
Destitute of force or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Bring no more vain oblations.
Vain is the force of manTo crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
Wane
The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
Vain
Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?
The minstrels played on every side,Vain of their art.
Wane
(literary) The end of a period.
Vain
Showy; ostentatious.
Load some vain church with old theatric state.
Wane
(woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
Vain
Vanity; emptiness; - now used only in the phrase in vain.
Wane
A child.
Vain
Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance;
A conceited fool
An attitude of self-conceited arrogance
An egotistical disregard of others
So swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty
Growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary
Vain about her clothes
Wane
A house or dwelling.
Vain
Unproductive of success;
A fruitless search
Futile years after her artistic peak
A sleeveless errand
A vain attempt
Wane
(intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
Wane
(intransitive) Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
Wane
Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
Wane
(intransitive) Said of a time period that comes to an end.
Wane
To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
Wane
To cause to decrease.
Wane
To be diminished; to decrease; - contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.Waning moons their settled periods keep.
Wane
To decline; to fail; to sink.
You saw but sorrow in its waning form.
Land and trade ever will wax and wane together.
Wane
To cause to decrease.
Wane
The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
Wane
Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
An age in which the church is in its wane.
Though the year be on the wane.
Wane
An inequality in a board.
Wane
The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.
Wane
A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
Wane
Grow smaller;
Interest in the project waned
Wane
Become smaller;
Interest in his novels waned
Wane
Decrease in phase;
The moon is waning
