Thinned vs Twinned - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between thinned and twinned

is that thinned is (thin) while twinned is (twin).

thinned

English

Verb

(head)

(thin)

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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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twinned

English

Verb

(head)

(twin)

Synonyms

* paired

twin

English

Alternative forms

* twynne (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)

Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.

A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.

(US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.

A twin crystal.

(modifier) Forming a pair of twins.

the twin boys

(modifier) Forming a matched pair.

twin socks

Derived terms

* conjoined twin * identical twin * Siamese twin *twincest

Synonyms

* twindle, twinling, doublet (in the sense of twins and triplets)

Verb

(twinn)

(transitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland) To separate, divide.

(intransitive, obsolete, outside, Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.

(usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).

Placetown in England is twinned with Machinville in France.

For example, Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.

* Tennyson

Still we moved / Together, twinned , as horse's ear and eye.

To give birth to twins.

* 1874 , Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

“I’ve run to tell ye,” said the junior shepherd, supporting his exhausted youthful frame against the doorpost, “that you must come directly. Two more ewes have twinned — that’s what’s the matter, Shepherd Oak.”

(obsolete) To be born at the same birth.

(Shakespeare)

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