Scant vs Thin - What's the difference?

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Scant is a related term of thin.

As an adjective scant

is very little, very few.

As a verb scant

is to limit in amount or share; to stint.

As a noun scant

is (masonry) a block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

As an adverb scant

is with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

As a proper noun thin is

the fifth earthly branch represented by the.

scant

English

Adjective

(er)

Very little, very few.

"After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John."

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.

a scant''' allowance of provisions or water; a '''scant pattern of cloth for a garment

* Ridley

His sermon was scant , in all, a quarter of an hour.

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

* Shakespeare

Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.

Synonyms

* few, little, slight * (l)

Antonyms

* ample, plenty

Derived terms

* scanty

Verb

(en verb)

To limit in amount or share; to stint.

to scant''' someone in provisions; to '''scant ourselves in the use of necessaries

* Shakespeare

Scant not my cups.

* Francis Bacon

where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted

* Dryden

I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.

To fail, or become less; to scantle.

The wind scants .

Noun

(en noun)

(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

(masonry) A sheet of stone.

(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Quotations

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Adverb

(-)

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

* Fuller

So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.

(Francis Bacon)

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thin

English

Adjective

(thinner)

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

thin plate of metal

thin paper

thin board

thin covering

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

thin wire

thin string

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

thin person

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

The trees of a forest are thin'''; the corn or grass is '''thin .

* Addison

Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

* Dryden

thin , hollow sounds, and lamentable screams

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

a thin disguise

Synonyms

* reedy * slender * slim * skinny * waifish * fine * lightweight * narrow * svelte * See also

Antonyms

* thick

Derived terms

* into thin air * razor thin * thin air * thin as a rake * thick and thin * thin-skinned * wear thin

Noun

(en noun)

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

Any food produced or served in thin slices.

chocolate mint thins

potato thins

Verb

To make thin or thinner.

To become thin or thinner.

To dilute.

To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining.

Derived terms

* thin out

Adverb

(en adverb)

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

seed sown thin

* Francis Bacon

Spain is thin sown of people.

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