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Slender vs Petit - What's the difference?

slender | petit |

As adjectives the difference between slender and petit

is that slender is thin; slim while petit is .

slender

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Thin; slim.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=3 citation , passage=Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.}}
  • (Gaelic languages)  Palatalized.

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    petit

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (legal, or, obsolete) small or minor
  • * South
    • By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion.

    Derived terms

    * petit constable * petit jury * petit larceny * petit serjeanty * petit treason

    See also

    * petite * petty * puisne ----