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Skinny vs Bonny - What's the difference?

skinny | bonny |

As adjectives the difference between skinny and bonny

is that skinny is having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful while bonny is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between skinny and bonny

is that skinny is the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor while bonny is a round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.

skinny

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Adjective

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  • (informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
    • Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
  • (informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
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  • Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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    Noun

    (skinnies)
  • (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
    • She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
  • A state of nakedness; nudity.
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  • A skinny being
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    • bonny

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) boni, probably from (etyl) bon, feminine . See (bounty), and compare (bonus), (boon).

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    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (bonnies)
  • (mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
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