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Tiny vs Microscopic - What's the difference?

tiny | microscopic |

Microscopic is a synonym of tiny.

Microscopic is a antonym of tiny.



As adjectives the difference between tiny and microscopic

is that tiny is very small while microscopic is of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal.

As a noun tiny

is a small child; an infant.

tiny

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Very small.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= 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 also

    Antonyms

    * huge, large, big

    Derived terms

    * tinyness

    Noun

    (tinies)
  • 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)
    • 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).
  • Anything very small.
  • * 1956 , Victoria Sackville-West, Even More For Your Garden (page 102)
    • Might I now add a plea for the smaller irises, the tinies ? They, also, should be divided up and replanted just now.

    Anagrams

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    microscopic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal.
    • We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
  • So small that it can only be seen using a microscope.
    • The water was full of microscopic organisms.
  • Very small; minute
    • Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
  • Carried out with great attention to detail.
    • The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.
  • Able to see extremely minute objects.
    • Why has not man a microscopic eye? — Alexander Pope.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * macroscopic

    Related terms

    * microscope * macroscopic * telescopic

    See also

    * naked-eye