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Weeny vs Weedy - What's the difference?

weeny | weedy |

As adjectives the difference between weeny and weedy

is that weeny is minuscule while weedy is small and weak; scraggy; ungainly.

As a noun weeny

is a wiener, a hot dog.

weeny

English

Etymology 1

Possibly imitative from teeny weeny, or from

Adjective

(er)
  • Minuscule.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (weenies)
  • A wiener, a hot dog.
  • (slang) A penis, from the resemblance to a wiener, sometimes thought of as small by influence from teeny weeny

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    weedy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Small and weak; scraggy; ungainly
  • Of or relating to weeds; consisting of weeds.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Weedy trophies.
  • Abounding with weeds.
    • weedy''' grounds; a '''weedy''' garden; '''weedy corn
  • * Bryant
    • See from the weedy earth a rivulet break.
  • (botany) Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas.

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