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Diminutive vs Liv - What's the difference?

diminutive | liv |

As nouns the difference between diminutive and liv

is that diminutive is (grammar) a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment while liv is life.

As an adjective diminutive

is very small.

diminutive

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very small.
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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 ----

    liv

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given names Olive and Olivia.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the Livonian people.
  • * 1995 , Andrejs Plakans, The Latvians: A Short History (page 16)
    • We must assume that possession of the lands occupied by the Livs was simply asserted, just as designating the entire littoral as Livonia was asserted before the territory was fully conquered.
    English diminutives of female given names ----