Thin vs Then - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between thin and then

is that thin is having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite while then is being so at that time.

As nouns the difference between thin and then

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 then is that time.

As adverbs the difference between thin and then

is that thin is not thickly or closely; in a scattered state while then is at that time.

As a verb thin

is to make thin or thinner.

As a conjunction then is

obsolete spelling of lang=en.

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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then

English

Adverb

(-)

(label) At that time.

*Bible, (w) xii. 6

*:And the Canaanite was then in the land.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.}}

(label) Soon afterward.

*Bible, (w) v. 24

*:First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Then' there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and ' then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.}}

(label) Next in order; in addition.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)

, volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then , without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.}}

(label) In that case.

(label) At the same time; on the other hand.

(label) At the time that; when.

*1485 , Sir (Thomas Malory), (w, Le Morte d'Arthur)'', Book I.23, reprinted 1817, Sir Thomas Malory, (William Caxton), ''Morte d'Arthur: The Byrth, Lyf, and Actes of Kyng Arthur , Volume 1, page 37:

*:Than the knyght sawe hym lye soo on the ground, he alyght and was passynge heuy, for he wende he had slayne hym.

Used to contradict an assertion.

*2001 , (Eric Malpass), At the Height of the Moon , page 28,

*:‘She says Indian elephants are tidgy little things.’ ¶ ‘They?re not then .’ Emma was getting heated. ‘They?re –’ ¶ ‘Emma!’ said Jenny sharply. The child subsided.

Synonyms

* (soon afterward) and then, and so, subsequently, so * (next in order) and then

Adjective

(-)

being so at that time

Noun

(head)

That time

It will be finished before then .

Conjunction

(head)

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