Pygmy vs Manikin - What's the difference?
pygmy | manikin |
(often capitalized, usually in the plural: Pygmies ) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature
(Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs
(figuratively) Any dwarfish person
(figuratively) An insignificant person, at least in some respect
Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people
Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind
As nouns the difference between pygmy and manikin
is that pygmy is (often capitalized, usually in the plural: pygmies ) a member of one of various ancient equatorial african tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature while manikin is .As an adjective pygmy
is relating or belonging to the pygmy people.pygmy
English
(Pygmies)Alternative forms
* pigmyNoun
(pygmies)- The Bantu immigration drove many Pygmy''' tribes into the darkest jungle, while other ' Pygmies were reduced to cohabitation in a subservient status
- ''Homer and Herodote mentioned Pygmies in India (which would fit the Andamanese Negritoes) or Ethiopia (then meaning all Subsaharan Africa)
- ''Everyone looked like Pygmies whenever giant Joe joined his classmates
- ''Despite his towering stature, the minister proved a political pygmy
Synonyms
* dwarf * midgetAntonyms
* giantDerived terms
* pygmyish * pygmyism * pygmy hippopotamus * pygmy sperm whaleAdjective
(en adjective)- ''Soil exhaustion ultimately produces a pygmy crop at best