exiguous

As adjectives the difference between exiguous and tenuous

is that exiguous is scanty; meager while tenuous is thin in substance or consistency.

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective exiguous is

scanty; meager.

Exiguous is a related term of modest.

As adjectives the difference between exiguous and modest

is that exiguous is scanty; meager while modest is not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.

As adjectives the difference between exiguous and derisive

is that exiguous is scanty; meager while derisive is expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing.

As adjectives the difference between perfunctory and exiguous

is that perfunctory is done merely to discharge a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions; aspiring only to minimum standards while exiguous is scanty; meager.

As adjectives the difference between exiguous and petite

is that exiguous is scanty; meager while petite is of a woman: fairly short and of slim build.

As adjectives the difference between exiguous and sparse

is that exiguous is scanty; meager while sparse is having widely spaced intervals.

As a verb sparse is

(obsolete) to scatter; to disperse.

As adjectives the difference between miniature and exiguous

is that miniature is smaller than normal while exiguous is scanty; meager.

As a noun miniature

is greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.

As a verb miniature

is to make smaller than normal; to reproduce in miniature.

As adjectives the difference between exiguous and tiny

is that exiguous is scanty; meager while tiny is very small.

As a noun tiny is

a small child; an infant.