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Sweeny vs Weeny - What's the difference?

sweeny | weeny |

As nouns the difference between sweeny and weeny

is that sweeny is an atrophy of the muscles, especially of the shoulder, in horses while weeny is a wiener, a hot dog.

As an adjective weeny is

minuscule.

sweeny

English

Alternative forms

* swinney

Noun

(-)
  • An atrophy of the muscles, especially of the shoulder, in horses.
    • (Webster 1913)

    weeny

    English

    Etymology 1

    Possibly imitative from teeny weeny, or from

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Minuscule.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (weenies)
  • A wiener, a hot dog.
  • (slang) A penis, from the resemblance to a wiener, sometimes thought of as small by influence from teeny weeny

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