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Diminutive vs Pygmy - What's the difference?

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Diminutive is a related term of pygmy.


As adjectives the difference between diminutive and pygmy

is that diminutive is very small while pygmy is relating or belonging to the pygmy people.

As nouns the difference between diminutive and pygmy

is that diminutive is (grammar) a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment while pygmy is (often capitalized, usually in the plural: pygmies ) a member of one of various ancient equatorial african tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.

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 ----

    pygmy

    English

    (Pygmies)

    Alternative forms

    * pigmy

    Noun

    (pygmies)
  • (often capitalized, usually in the plural: Pygmies ) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature
    • The Bantu immigration drove many Pygmy''' tribes into the darkest jungle, while other ' Pygmies were reduced to cohabitation in a subservient status
  • (Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs
    • ''Homer and Herodote mentioned Pygmies in India (which would fit the Andamanese Negritoes) or Ethiopia (then meaning all Subsaharan Africa)
  • (figuratively) Any dwarfish person
    • ''Everyone looked like Pygmies whenever giant Joe joined his classmates
  • (figuratively) An insignificant person, at least in some respect
    • ''Despite his towering stature, the minister proved a political pygmy

    Synonyms

    * dwarf * midget

    Antonyms

    * giant

    Derived terms

    * pygmyish * pygmyism * pygmy hippopotamus * pygmy sperm whale

    Related terms

    * pygmoid

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people
  • Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind
    • ''Soil exhaustion ultimately produces a pygmy crop at best

    Synonyms

    * pygmyish * dwarfish

    See also

    * Negrito