List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 187

SYNONYMS: hole, hollow, cavity, pocket.
These nouns refer to an unfilled or empty space.

Hole is applicable to an opening in or a perforation through a solid body: dug a hole in the earth and planted the seed; a hole in the bow of the ship made by a torpedo.
Hollow denotes an unfilled area in a solid body or a dent or depression on a surface: a hollow in the ground where ivy grows; marble steps with hollows worn by footsteps.
A cavity is a hollow or hollow area within a solid body or object: a cavity in a molar; the cranial cavity.
Pocket is applied to a cavity in the earth, as one containing a mineral deposit, or to an isolated cavity or area that contains foreign or contrasting matter: pockets of manganese in the rock; a plane that plunged into a pocket of turbulence; pockets of unemployment in an otherwise affluent society.