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Shrinking vs Prim - What's the difference?

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Shrinking is a related term of prim.


As nouns the difference between shrinking and prim

is that shrinking is the act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away while prim is prime (the first note or tone of a musical scale).

As a verb shrinking

is .

shrinking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

    • prim

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) prim, prin, from (etyl) (lena) .

    Adjective

    (primmer)
  • prudish, straight-laced
  • formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
    • prim''' regularity; a '''prim person
    (Jonathan Swift)
    Usage notes
    Often used in the collocation “prim and proper”.
    Derived terms
    * prim and proper * prissy

    Verb

  • (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
  • (dated) To dress or act smartly.

    • Etymology 2

    See privet.

    Noun

  • (botany) privet
    • (Webster 1913) ----