Taper vs Thin - What's the difference?
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As a noun taper is a slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light or taper can be (weaving) one who operates a tape machine. As a verb taper is to make thinner or narrower at one end. As a proper noun thin is the fifth earthly branch represented by the.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
taper English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) taper, from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A slender wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light.
* ~1603 , William Shakespeare, ''Othello, Act I, scene I, line 157:
- strike on the tinder, ho!/ Give me a taper .
* 1913 ,
- Love used to carry a bow, you know,
- But now he carries a taper ;
- It is either a length of wax aglow,
- Or a twist of lighted paper.
A tapering form; gradual diminution of thickness and/or cross section in an elongated object
- the taper of a spire.
- The legs of the table had a slight taper to them.
A thin stick used for lighting candles, either a wax-coated wick or a slow-burning wooden rod.
Derived terms
* taperwise
Verb
( en verb)
To make thinner or narrower at one end.
* 1851 ,
- Though true cylinders without — within, the villanous green goggling glasses deceitfully tapered downwards to a cheating bottom.
To diminish gradually.
Derived terms
* taper off
Synonyms
* narrow
Etymology 2
Noun
( en noun)
(weaving) One who operates a tape machine.
Someone who works with tape or tapes.
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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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