Thin vs Lean - What's the difference?
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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
To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to'', ''toward , etc.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on'', ''upon'', or ''against .
* (1809-1892)
* , chapter=23
, title= To hang outwards.
To press against.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
(of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
(of meat) having little fat.
Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
Of a fuel-air mixture, having more air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; more air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
(printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
* {{quote-magazine
, year=1938
, month=July
, author=Blaine and Dupont Miller
, title=Weather Hop
, page=25
, magazine=Boy's Life
, publisher=Boy Scouts of America
, issn=0006-8608
* {{quote-magazine
, year=2002
, month=July
, author=Tom Benenson
, title=Can Your Engine Run Too Lean?
, volume=129
, issue=7
, page=73
, magazine=Flying
, issn=0015-4806
Lean is a antonym of thin.
As adjectives the difference between thin and lean
is that thin is having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite while lean is slim; not fleshy.As verbs the difference between thin and lean
is that thin is to make thin or thinner while lean is to incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.As a noun thin
is a loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.As an adverb thin
is not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.thin
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.
External links
* * *Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----lean
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ; via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.Verb
- They delight rather to lean to their old customs.
- He leaned not on his fathers but himself.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
- His fainting limbs against an oak he leant .
Derived terms
* lean back * leaning * lean on * lean-toEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- a lean''' budget; a '''lean harvest
- lean copy, matter, or type
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(en verb)citation, passage=He leaned the mixture in an effort to cause a backfire through the carburetor, the generally accepted method of breaking the ice loose. }}
citation, passage=Even the Pilot's Operating Handbooks (POH) for our training airplanes add to our paranoia with their insistence that we not lean the mixture until we're above 5000 feet density altitude. }}