Runt vs Puny - What's the difference?
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The smallest animal of a litter, or,
The smallest child in the family, as in "the runt of the family."
Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.
(computing) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
(typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
(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.
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* Keble
Runt is a related term of puny.
As nouns the difference between runt and puny
is that runt is the smallest animal of a litter, or, 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.runt
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)
- Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. — Holland.
Anagrams
* turn ----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.