Fat vs Big - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
* Bible, Joel ii. 24
* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, page 429:
(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
:The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
:The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
Thick.
:The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat , fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Bountiful.
Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
*(Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)
*:making our western wits fat and mean
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*:Make the heart of this people fat .
Fertile; productive.
:a fat''' soil; a '''fat pasture
Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
:a fat''' benefice; a '''fat''' office; a '''fat job
*(Thomas Carlyle) (1795-1881)
*:now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures
(dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
:a fat''' take; a '''fat page
(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
(countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
(slang) An erection.
(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
The best or richest productions; the best part.
(dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
(archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
(archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
Of great size, large.
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*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line,, with their court of farm and church and clustered village, in dignified seclusion.
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, title= (lb) Thought to have undue influence.
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Popular.
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(lb) Adult.
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*1931 , , Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
*:By midnight, however, the last light had fled / For even big people have then gone to bed[.]
(lb) Fat.
(lb) Important or significant.
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*:"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."
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(lb) Mature, conscientious, principled.
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(lb) Well-endowed, possessing large breasts in the case of a woman or a large penis in the case of a man.
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Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
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*(and other bibliographic details) (Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)
*:[Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.
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In a loud manner.
In a boasting manner.
In a large amount or to a large extent.
On a large scale, expansively
Hard.
An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
(as plural) The big leagues, big time.
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To praise or recommend
to inhabit; occupy
to locate one's self
to build; erect; fashion
to dwell; have a dwelling
One or more kinds of barley, especially (six-rowed barley).
As nouns the difference between fat and big
is that fat is a large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern while big is an important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.As adjectives the difference between fat and big
is that fat is carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin while big is of great size, large.As verbs the difference between fat and big
is that fat is to make fat; to fatten while big is to praise or recommend.As an adverb big is
in a loud manner.fat
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . See (l).Noun
(en noun)- The fats shall overflow with wine[, strong drink] and oil.
- In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat', for 6s. 10d., a wort ' fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.
Synonyms
* vatEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
(fatter)Synonyms
* (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) chubby, chunky, corpulent, lardy (slang), obese, overweight, plump, porky (slang), rotund, tubby, well-fed; see also * (thick) thick * (bountiful) bountiful, prosperousAntonyms
* Of sense (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) lean, skinny, slender, slim, thinDerived terms
* (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) *Noun
(en-noun)- We need to trim the fat in this company
- "I saw Daniel crack a fat ."
- to live on the fat of the land
Synonyms
* (animal tissue) adipose tissue, lard (in animals''; ''derogatory slang when used of human fat ) * (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) grease, lardDerived terms
* * fat camp * fat chance * fattenSee also
* ("fat" on Wikipedia)Verb
- kill the fatted calf
Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----big
English
Etymology 1
From a northern (etyl) dialectal term (m), .Adjective
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Norwich 3-3 Blackburn, passage=It proved a big miss as Hoilett produced a sublime finish into the top corner of the net from 20 yards after evading a couple of challenges in first-half stoppage time.}}
Synonyms
* (of a great size) ample, huge, large, sizeable, stoor, jumbo, massive * (adult) adult, fully grown, grown up * See alsoAntonyms
* (of a great size) little, small, tiny, minuscule, miniature, minute * (adult) little, youngDerived terms
* Big Apple * big-ass * big baby * big band * Big Bang * big bath * big beat * Big Ben * Big Bertha * big blind * big bluestem * Big Board * big-boned * big box * big boy/big boys * big break * big brother * Big Brother * big bucks * big business * big C * big cat * big cheese * Big Crunch * Big D * big daddy * big deal * Big Dipper * Big Easy * big enchilada * big end * big fat/big-fat/big phat * big figure * big fish * big fly * Big Four * big game * biggie, no biggie * big girl's blouse * big government * big gun * big H/Big H * big hair * big hand * big head/big-head * big-headed * big-hearted * big house * big idea * big if * big iron * Big Island * big kid * big labor * big-league * big lick * big lie * big lug * big kahuna * Big Mac * big money * big mouth * Big Muddy * big name / big-name * bigness * big O * big O notation * big old/big ole * big one/the big one * big pharma * big picture * Big Q * big rig * Big Rip * big science * big screen * big shagbank * big shot * big shoulder * big six/the big six * Big Six * big sleep * big slick * Big Smoke * big spender * big spring * big stick * Big Sur * big talk * big tent * Big Three * big-ticket * big time/big-time/bigtime * big toe * big top/big-top * big tree * Big Uglies * big up * big wheel * big whoop * big wig/big-wig/bigwig * big-wigged * big wow * great big * hit it big * make it big * /Mr Big/Mister Big * the bigs * too big for one's boots * too big to failAdverb
(bigger)- He's always talking big , but he never delivers.
- He won big betting on the croquet championship.
- You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.
- He hit him big and the guy just crumpled.