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Skinny vs Maternity - What's the difference?

skinny | maternity |

As nouns the difference between skinny and maternity

is that skinny is (colloquial) the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor while maternity is the state of being a mother; motherhood.

As an adjective skinny

is (informal) having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.

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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    • maternity

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    Noun

  • The state of being a mother; motherhood.
  • The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
  • A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

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