Exiguous vs Thin - What's the difference?
exiguous | thin | Related terms |
scanty; meager
* 1889 — ch XIII
* 1912 — ch VII
* 1998 — Michael Ignatieff, Rebirth of a Nation: An Anatomy of Russia . New Statesman, Feb 6.
* 2001 — Terence Brown, The Life of W. B. Yeats: A Critical Biography .
* 2012 — Rodger Cohen, Scottexalonia Rising, New York Times, Nov. 26., Op. Ed.
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
* Addison
(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
* Dryden
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
Any food produced or served in thin slices.
To make thin or thinner.
To become thin or thinner.
To dilute.
To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining.
Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
* Francis Bacon
Exiguous is a related term of thin.
As an adjective exiguous
is scanty; meager.As a proper noun thin is
the fifth earthly branch represented by the.exiguous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles (and perhaps pains) the lark with this exiguous pipe.
- The path on which I then planted my feet was quite unprecedentedly narrow. I had never had to walk along a thoroughfare so exiguous .
- They are entering the market, setting up stalls on snowy streets, moonlighting to supplement exiguous incomes.
- Among the pressures provoking these distresses were a father's financial inadequacy and a growing awareness that, by finding employment himself, he could ameliorate the family's exiguous circumstances.
- National politics, as President François Hollande of France is only the latest to discover, is often no more than tweaking at the margins in the exiguous political space left by markets and other global forces.
Derived terms
* exiguity * exiguously * exiguousnessthin
English
Adjective
(thinner)- thin plate of metal
- thin paper
- thin board
- thin covering
- thin wire
- thin string
- thin person
- The trees of a forest are thin'''; the corn or grass is '''thin .
- Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
- thin , hollow sounds, and lamentable screams
- a thin disguise
Synonyms
* reedy * slender * slim * skinny * waifish * fine * lightweight * narrow * svelte * See alsoAntonyms
* thickDerived terms
* into thin air * razor thin * thin air * thin as a rake * thick and thin * thin-skinned * wear thinNoun
(en noun)- chocolate mint thins
- potato thins
Verb
Derived terms
* thin outAdverb
(en adverb)- seed sown thin
- Spain is thin sown of people.