What is the difference between lilliputian and diminutive?
lilliputian | diminutive | Synonyms |
A very small person or being.
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Very small.
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Serving to diminish.
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(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
Diminutive is a synonym of lilliputian.
As nouns the difference between lilliputian and diminutive
is that lilliputian is a very small person or being while diminutive is a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.As adjectives the difference between lilliputian and diminutive
is that lilliputian is very small, diminutive while diminutive is very small.lilliputian
English
Noun
(en noun)- I reflected what a mortification it must prove to me, to appear as inconsiderable in this nation, as one single Lilliputian would be among us.
See also
* tiddler * munchkinSynonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* Brobdingnagiandiminutive
English
Alternative forms
*Adjective
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- diminutive of liberty
Synonyms
* (very small) lilliputian, tinyAntonyms
* (very small) huge, gigantic * augmentativeNoun
(wikipedia diminutive) (en noun)- Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’ .