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Poky vs Tiny - What's the difference?

poky | tiny |

As nouns the difference between poky and tiny

is that poky is a gambling device based on the card game poker or poky can be (slang) jail while tiny is a small child; an infant.

As adjectives the difference between poky and tiny

is that poky is slow or poky can be (of a room or other enclosed space) small and cramped while tiny is very small.

poky

English

Alternative forms

* pokey

Etymology 1

By shortening from

Noun

(pokies)
  • A gambling device based on the card game poker

    • Etymology 2

    (en)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • slow

    • Etymology 3

    (en)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a room or other enclosed space) small and cramped

    • Noun

    (pokies)
  • (slang) jail

    • tiny

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Very small.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny' creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying ' tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.}}

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * huge, large, big

    Derived terms

    * tinyness

    Noun

    (tinies)
  • A small child; an infant.
  • *1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 28:
  • *:‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny .’
  • * 1982 , Young children in China (page 84)
    • The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).
  • Anything very small.
  • * 1956 , Victoria Sackville-West, Even More For Your Garden (page 102)
    • Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies ? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.

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