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Slender vs Wanting - What's the difference?

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Slender is a related term of wanting.


As adjectives the difference between slender and wanting

is that slender is thin; slim while wanting is absent or lacking.

As a preposition wanting is

without.

As a verb wanting is

.

As a noun wanting is

the state of wanting something; desire.

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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    wanting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Absent or lacking.
  • * 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 171,
    • but where other powers of entertainment are wanting , the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

    Derived terms

    * wantingly

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • without

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of wanting something; desire.