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Diminutive vs Dinky - What's the difference?

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Diminutive is a related term of dinky.


As adjectives the difference between diminutive and dinky

is that diminutive is very small while dinky is (informal|british) tiny and cute; small and attractive.

As a noun diminutive

is (grammar) a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

As an acronym dinky is

double income, no kids yet said of a relationship.

diminutive

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very small.
  • * {{quote-news
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  • Serving to diminish.
  • * Shaftesbury
    • diminutive of liberty
  • (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

    • Synonyms

    * (very small) lilliputian, tiny

    Antonyms

    * (very small) huge, gigantic * augmentative

    Noun

    (wikipedia diminutive) (en noun)
  • (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
    • Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’ .

    Synonyms

    * nomen deminutivum

    Antonyms

    * augmentative

    External links

    * (wikipedia "diminutive")

    Related terms

    * diminish * dimwit ----

    dinky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal, British) Tiny and cute; small and attractive.
  • * 1915 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of the Island ,
    • How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky .
  • * 2010 , Sharon Wallace, A House Full of Whispers , page 5
    • I played in the dirt with a small dinky car as the garage held no fascination for a little girl of five.
  • (informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.
    • They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Acronym

    (Acronym) (head)
  • Double income, no kids yet. Said of a relationship.

    • Anagrams

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