Skinny vs Healthy - What's the difference?
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(informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
(informal, of food or beverages) Low-fat.
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Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
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(colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
A state of nakedness; nudity.
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A skinny being
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Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.
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, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5
, passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy -looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
Conducive to health.
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(label) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
As adjectives the difference between skinny and healthy
is that skinny is (informal) having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful while healthy is enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.As a noun skinny
is (colloquial) the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.skinny
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Adjective
(er)- Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
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(skinnies)- She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
healthy
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Adjective
(er)George Goodchild
Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}