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Puny vs Punty - What's the difference?

puny | punty |

As nouns the difference between puny and punty

is that puny is (obsolete) a new pupil at a school etc; a junior student while punty is (glassblowing) a metal rod used in the glassblowing process after a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized it often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed called the "pontil mark".

As an adjective puny

is of inferior size, strength or significance.

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 ----

    punty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * punte, ponty * pontil, pontil rod, puntil, puntel

    Noun

    (punties)
  • (glassblowing) A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed called the "pontil mark".

    • See also

    * (Glassblowing)

    References

    * Illustrated Glass Dictionary: pontil, pontil mark * Bottle Glossary at sha.org