Tiny vs Eentsy - What's the difference?
tiny | eentsy |
Very small.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= A small child; an infant.
*1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 28:
*:‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny .’
* 1982 , Young children in China (page 84)
Anything very small.
* 1956 , Victoria Sackville-West, Even More For Your Garden (page 102)
(informal) Very small; tiny.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 5, author=Mark Derr, title=The Little Dog Has His Day, work=New York Times
, passage=Large dog owners see me as an ally in the battle against the “toys” — eentsy , primped and preened, frivolous creatures that tremble and yap. }}
As adjectives the difference between tiny and eentsy
is that tiny is very small while eentsy is (informal) very small; tiny.As a noun tiny
is a small child; an infant.tiny
English
Adjective
(er)Catherine Clabby
Focus on Everything, passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny' creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying ' tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* huge, large, bigDerived terms
* tinynessNoun
(tinies)- The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).
- Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies ? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.
Anagrams
*eentsy
English
Adjective
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