Muscular vs Skinny - What's the difference?
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Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
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Brawny, thewy, having strength.
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Having large, well-developed muscles.
(figurative) Strong, robust.
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(informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
(informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
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Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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(colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
A state of nakedness; nudity.
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A skinny being
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As adjectives the difference between muscular and skinny
is that muscular is of, relating to, or connected with muscles while skinny is (informal) having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.As a noun skinny is
(colloquial) the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.muscular
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular , for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that.
- The arms were very long and muscular ; the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength.
India After English?" (blog post), nybooks.com:
- Future prime ministers may struggle to replicate the sort of muscular countrywide support that Modi was able to earn.
Synonyms
* (of or relating to muscles) myo- * (having strength) athletic, beefy, brawny, husky, lusty, muscled, muscly, powerful, strapping, strong * (having well-developed muscles) beefy, brawny, heavily muscled, husky, musclebound, muscled, muscly, powerfully built, well-builtDerived terms
* most muscular * muscular dystrophyskinny
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Adjective
(er)- Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
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(skinnies)- She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
