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Slight vs Shaky - What's the difference?

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Slight is a related term of shaky.


As adjectives the difference between slight and shaky

is that slight is small, weak or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe while shaky is shaking]] or [[tremble|trembling.

As a verb slight

is to treat as slight or not worthy of attention, to make light of.

As a noun slight

is the act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.

slight

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Small, weak or gentle; not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe.
  • * (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
    • Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
  • * (John Locke) (1632-1705)
    • Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=2 citation , passage=Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom,
  • Not stout or heavy; slender.
  • * Sir (Walter Scott) (1771-1832)
    • his own figure, which was formerly so slight
  • (obsolete) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.
    • (Hudibras)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * slightish * slightly * slightness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To treat as slight or not worthy of attention, to make light of.
  • * Cowper
    • the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies
  • To treat with disdain or neglect.
  • To act negligently or carelessly.
  • (military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
    • (Clarendon)
  • To make even or level.
    • (Hexham)
  • To throw heedlessly.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The rogue slighted me into the river.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * slightingly

    Noun

    (wikipedia slight) (en noun)
  • The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
  • * (Benjamin Franklin)
    • Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.
  • Sleight.
    • (Spenser)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * put a slight upon

    References

    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * lights

    shaky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Shaking]] or [[tremble, trembling.
    • a shaky spot in a marsh
    a shaky hand
  • Nervous]]; [[anxious, Anxious.
    • He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky .
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 10 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half. }}
  • (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
    • shaky timber
  • * (seeCites2)
  • Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
    • a shaky constitution
    shaky business credit

    Synonyms

    * (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, unsteady, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly

    Derived terms

    * shakiness * shakycam