Gangly vs Gaunt - What's the difference?
gangly | gaunt |
Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness.
* 1872 , , chapter VII
* 1917 , , chapter XV
* 2007 , Oswald J. Schmitz, Ecology and Ecosystem Conservation? , page 34
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lean, angular and bony
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, author=Joseph Jacobs
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haggard, drawn and emaciated
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bleak, barren and desolate
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, title=The House on the Borderland
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As adjectives the difference between gangly and gaunt
is that gangly is tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness while gaunt is lean, angular and bony.gangly
English
Adjective
(er)- I should have shot that long gangly lubber they called Hank, if I could have done it without crippling six or seven other people—but of course I couldn't
- A rangy, gangly , Scandinavian youth of a sailor, droop-shouldered, six feet six and slender as a lath, with pallid eyes of palest blue and skin and hair attuned to the same colour scheme, joined Kwaque in his work.
- Individuals of this rabbit species tend to be very large (about the size of a beagle dog); they have long ears and long, gangly legs and a very thin fur coats.
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Synonyms
* See alsogaunt
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(er)citation, passage=A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to meet a House-dog who was passing by.}}
citation, passage=In the dim light of a foggy November day the sick room was a gloomy spot, but it was that gaunt , wasted face staring at me from the bed which sent a chill to my heart.}}
citation, passage=Behind me, rose up, to an extraordinary height, gaunt , black cliffs. }}