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Odds vs Slim - What's the difference?

odds | slim |

As nouns the difference between odds and slim

is that odds is the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening while slim is slime, mucus.

odds

English

(wikipedia odds)

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • The ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.
    • I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.
  • The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.

    • Usage notes

    * The word "odds" was formerly sometimes used with a singular verb, e.g. (Stephen S. Foster) "If there be any difference in the two crimes, the odds is in favor of the foreign enslaver."

    Derived terms

    * at all odds / by all odds / against all odds * at odds * implied odds * lay odds * long odds / short odds * odds and ends * odds on / odds against * odds-on * pot odds * take odds

    See also

    * even money * evens

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

  • (l)

    • References

    * ----

    slim

    English

    Adjective

    (slimmer)
  • Slender, thin.
  • # (of a person or a person's build) Slender in an attractive way.
  • Movie stars are usually slim , attractive, and young.
  • # (by extension, of clothing) Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
  • # (of an object) Long and narrow.
  • # (of a workforce) Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
  • (of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
    • I'm afraid your chances are quite slim .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=January 15 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Man City 4 - 3 Wolves , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Wolves' debatable third in the last 10 minutes, with the ball only crossing the line by the slimmest of margins if at all, ensured a cracking finale, although City would have been left aggrieved had they let the win slip. }}
  • (South Africa) Sly, crafty.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
    • I only smoke slims .
  • (East Africa) AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
  • * {{quote-book, 2003, Charled F. Gilks, editors=David A. Warrell et al., chapter=HIV in the Developing World, Oxford Textbook of Medicine, edition=4th ed., volume=Volume 1 citation
    • , passage=As in the West, only about 50 per cent of patients with slim fully investigated will have a putative pathogen identified.}}
  • (slang, uncountable) Cocaine.

    • Alternative forms

    * (AIDS) Slim

    Verb

  • To lose weight in order to achieve slimness

    • Anagrams

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