Thin vs Pregorexia - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between thin and pregorexia

is that thin is a loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole while pregorexia is a condition where a pregnant mother is obsessed with being thin.

As an adjective thin

is having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

As a verb thin

is to make thin or thinner.

As an adverb thin

is not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

thin

English

Adjective

(thinner)

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

thin plate of metal

thin paper

thin board

thin covering

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

thin wire

thin string

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

thin person

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

The trees of a forest are thin'''; the corn or grass is '''thin .

* Addison

Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

* Dryden

thin , hollow sounds, and lamentable screams

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

a thin disguise

Synonyms

* reedy * slender * slim * skinny * waifish * fine * lightweight * narrow * svelte * See also

Antonyms

* thick

Derived terms

* into thin air * razor thin * thin air * thin as a rake * thick and thin * thin-skinned * wear thin

Noun

(en noun)

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

Any food produced or served in thin slices.

chocolate mint thins

potato thins

Verb

To make thin or thinner.

To become thin or thinner.

To dilute.

To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining.

Derived terms

* thin out

Adverb

(en adverb)

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

seed sown thin

* Francis Bacon

Spain is thin sown of people.

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Anagrams

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pregorexia

English

Noun

(-)

A condition where a pregnant mother is obsessed with being thin.

* 2008', Jane Bainbridge, "'''Pregorexia : body image over baby?" (article), in ''British Journal of Midwifery , Volume 16, Issue 9, September 4 2008, page 608.

*2009 , Kevin Courtney, "Pregorexia", The Irish Times , 7 July 2009:

Pregorexia came on the radar in 2006 when former TV presenter Liz Fraser told Marie Claire magazine about her struggle with bulimia during pregnancy.

*2012 , Alison Smith-Squire, " The 'pregorexic' mother whose weight plummeted to FOUR STONE because she was so worried about getting fat during pregnancy", Daily Mail , 2 March 2012:

Her dramatic weight loss meant Mrs Bassett had to be taken into hospital when just 11 weeks pregnant. Evan was born early at 30 weeks, but her ‘pregorexia ’ left her too frail to care for him until he was 14 months old.

*2013 , Emily Hourican, How to (Really) Be a Mother , Gill & Macmillan (2013), ISBN 9780717158461, unnumbered page:

Pregorexia , or 'mommyrexia', as they dub it Stateside, is a growing disorder: women exercising madly all through the pregnancy (there are now scores of websites devoted to selling workout gear for pregnant women, while sizes for maternity clothes these days often include an extra-small, which would be impossibly tiny even for the average non-pregnant woman),

References

* New York Times: Buzz Words 2008