Gremlin vs Dwarf - What's the difference?
gremlin | dwarf |
A mythical creature reputed to be mechanically and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.
(by extension) Any mysterious, unknown source of trouble or mischief.
:We rechecked everything, and we suspect gremlins in the database.
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often depicted as short, and sometimes depicted as clashing with elves.
A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
(star) A star of relatively small size.
.
To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng
, title= To make appear insignificant.
To become (much) smaller.
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
* J. C. Shairp
As nouns the difference between gremlin and dwarf
is that gremlin is a mythical creature reputed to be mechanically and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery while dwarf is (mythology) any member of a race of beings from (especially scandinavian and other germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often depicted as short, and sometimes depicted as clashing with elves.As an adjective dwarf is
.As a verb dwarf is
to render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).gremlin
English
(wikipedia gremlin)Noun
(en noun)dwarf
English
Noun
(en-noun)- dwarf''' tree; '''dwarf honeysuckle
Usage notes
At first, dwarfs'' was the more common plural in English. After used ''dwarves'', it began to rise in popularity, and is now about as common as ''dwarfs .Synonyms
* (person) midget, pygmy (imprecise)Antonyms
* giant * ettinDerived terms
(term derived from dwarf) * dwarf star * black dwarf * brown dwarf * red dwarf * white dwarf * dwarfen, dwarven * dwarfess * dwarfify * dwarfism * dwarfish, dwarvish * dwarfling * dwarfnessAdjective
(-)- The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.
- It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.
Verb
(en verb)Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?, volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.}}
- (Addison)
- Even the most common moral ideas and affections would be stunted and dwarfed , if cut off from a spiritual background.
