Portable vs Tiny - What's the difference?
portable | tiny |
Able to be carried or easily moved.
(computing) Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.
A portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse.
Any temporary building that is portable, especially one located at a school.
(video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
(computing) a portable computer
Very small.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= 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)
Anything very small.
* 1956 , Victoria Sackville-West, Even More For Your Garden (page 102)
As adjectives the difference between portable and tiny
is that portable is able to be carried or easily moved while tiny is very small.As nouns the difference between portable and tiny
is that portable is a portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse while tiny is a small child; an infant.portable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* hand-portable * man-portable * portableness * portabilitySee also
* hand-held * transportableNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (portable toilet ): portable toilet, port-a-john, porta-kybo, portaloo, porta-potty, port-a-san, port-o-let, sani-privy, turdistiny
English
Adjective
(er)Catherine Clabby
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Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* huge, large, bigDerived terms
* tinynessNoun
(tinies)- 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).
- Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies ? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.