Slender vs Flimsy - What's the difference?

Slender is a related term of flimsy.

As adjectives the difference between slender and flimsy

is that slender is thin; slim while flimsy is likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.

As a noun flimsy is

thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.

slender

English

Adjective

(er)

Thin; slim.

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(Gaelic languages) Palatalized.

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Antonyms

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flimsy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)

Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.

He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.

* Sheridan

All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.

Antonyms

* robust * strong * sturdy

Noun

(flimsies)

Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.

*1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 251:

*:Smiley peered once more at the flimsy which he still clutched in his pudgy hand.

(informal, in the plural) Skimpy underwear.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 25, author=Ruth La Ferla, title=Now It’s Nobody’s Secret, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Choosing lingerie “is about what makes you look good, but also what looks good with or through your clothing,” said Monica Mitro, a spokeswoman for Victoria’s Secret, the brand that catapulted racy flimsies into the public eye. }}