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Puny vs Inconsiderable - What's the difference?

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Puny is a related term of inconsiderable.


As adjectives the difference between puny and inconsiderable

is that puny is of inferior size, strength or significance while inconsiderable is too trivial or unimportant to be worthy of attention.

As a noun puny

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

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

    * See also

    See also

    * punny – relating to a pun ----

    inconsiderable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Too trivial or unimportant to be worthy of attention.

    • Synonyms

    * negligible * unconsiderable * See also