Pung vs Puny - What's the difference?
pung | puny |
(obsolete) A new pupil at a school etc.; a junior student.
(obsolete) A younger person.
*, II.12:
(obsolete) A beginner, a novice.
(archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate.
Of inferior size, strength or significance.
* Shakespeare
* Keble
As nouns the difference between pung and puny
is that pung is (us|canada) a low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse while puny is (obsolete) a new pupil at a school etc; a junior student.As an adjective puny is
of inferior size, strength or significance.pung
English
(wikipedia pung)puny
English
Noun
(punies)- a law that the eldest or first borne child shall succeed and inherit all: where nothing at all is reserved for Punies , but obedience.
- (Fuller)
Adjective
(er)- A puny subject strikes at thy great glory.
- Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed.
