Puna vs Puny - What's the difference?

puna | puny |

As a proper noun puna

is .

As a noun puny is

(obsolete) a new pupil at a school etc; a junior student.

As an adjective puny is

of inferior size, strength or significance.

puna

English

Alternative forms

* Puna

Noun

(en noun)

An alpine biological community in the central portion of the Andes in which short, coarse grass supports a Native American population.

* (rfdate), M. Hermann and T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence , page 18:

The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens

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puny

English

Noun

(punies)

(obsolete) A new pupil at a school etc.; a junior student.

(obsolete) A younger person.

*, II.12:

a law that the eldest or first borne child shall succeed and inherit all: where nothing at all is reserved for Punies , but obedience.

(obsolete) A beginner, a novice.

(Fuller)

(archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate.

Adjective

(er)

Of inferior size, strength or significance.

* Shakespeare

A puny subject strikes at thy great glory.

* Keble

Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed.

Synonyms

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