Tenuous vs Lightweight - What's the difference?
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Thin in substance or consistency.
insubstantial
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
(boxing) A boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 135 pounds for professionals and 132 pounds for amateurs.
(bodybuilding) A competitive weight division between bantamweight and welterweight, with specific weights varying by organization.
One of little consequence or ability.
A person who cannot handle their drink.
A political candidate with little chance of winning
Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity
Having less than average weight
Lacking in strength
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(computing) Having a small footprint or performance impact
Tenuous is a related term of lightweight.
As adjectives the difference between tenuous and lightweight
is that tenuous is thin in substance or consistency while lightweight is lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity.As a noun lightweight is
(boxing) a boxer in a weight division having a maximum limit of 135 pounds for professionals and 132 pounds for amateurs.tenuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
- His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
- Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.
lightweight
English
(wikipedia lightweight)Alternative forms
* light-weightNoun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=With the Gunners far too lightweight in midfield, Mikel Arteta dropped back into a deeper-lying role. This freed Yossi Benayoun to go further forward, a move that helped forge a rare Arsenal chance on 30 minutes when the Israeli released Van Persie, only for the Dutchman's snap-shot to be tipped around the post.}}