Slender vs Gossamer - What's the difference?
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Thin; slim.
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A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes etc.
A soft, sheer fabric.
Anything delicate, light and flimsy.
Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.
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As adjectives the difference between slender and gossamer
is that slender is thin; slim while gossamer is tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.As a noun gossamer is
a fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes etc.slender
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Adjective
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*gossamer
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Noun
Derived terms
* gossamery (adjective)Adjective
(en adjective)- The heaven was spangled with tremulous stars, and at the horizon the clouds hung down in gossamer folds—God's robe trailing in the sea!
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