Briefs vs Scant - What's the difference?
briefs | scant |
(pluralonly) A short type of underpants worn by men or boys.
(brief)
Very little, very few.
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
* Ridley
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
* Shakespeare
To limit in amount or share; to stint.
* Shakespeare
* Francis Bacon
* Dryden
To fail, or become less; to scantle.
(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
(masonry) A sheet of stone.
(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
* Fuller
As nouns the difference between briefs and scant
is that briefs is while scant is (masonry) a block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.As an adjective scant is
very little, very few.As a verb scant is
to limit in amount or share; to stint.As an adverb scant is
with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.briefs
English
(wikipedia briefs)Noun
(head)Usage notes
* Briefs are said to come in "pairs", which is to say that the phrase "pair(s) of" is used as a counter for them.Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *scant
English
Adjective
(er)- "After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."
- a scant''' allowance of provisions or water; a '''scant pattern of cloth for a garment
- His sermon was scant , in all, a quarter of an hour.
- Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.
Synonyms
* few, little, slight * (l)Antonyms
* ample, plentyDerived terms
* scantyVerb
(en verb)- to scant''' someone in provisions; to '''scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
- Scant not my cups.
- where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted
- I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
- The wind scants .
Noun
(en noun)Quotations
* (English Citations of "scant")Adverb
(-)- So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
- (Francis Bacon)