Rickety vs Flimsy - What's the difference?
rickety | flimsy |
Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky.
Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.
Affected with or suffering from rickets.
Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
* Sheridan
Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
*1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 251:
*:Smiley peered once more at the flimsy which he still clutched in his pudgy hand.
(informal, in the plural) Skimpy underwear.
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As adjectives the difference between rickety and flimsy
is that rickety is of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure; giddy; shaky while flimsy is likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.As a noun flimsy is
thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.rickety
English
Alternative forms
* rickettyAdjective
(er)- He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.
- The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.
Synonyms
* (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, unsteady, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobblyflimsy
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.
- All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
Antonyms
* robust * strong * sturdyNoun
(flimsies)citation