Slender vs Skinny - What's the difference?
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Thin; slim.
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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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Skinny is a antonym of slender.
As adjectives the difference between slender and skinny
is that slender is thin; slim while skinny is having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.As a noun skinny is
the details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.slender
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Adjective
(er)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.}}
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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.