different between scant vs slender
scant
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skænt/
- Rhymes: -ænt
Etymology 1
From Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)?em- (“mutilated, hornless”).
Adjective
scant (comparative scanter, superlative scantest)
- Very little, very few.
- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
- 1824, John Watkins, Life of Hugh Latimer
- His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.
- 1824, John Watkins, Life of Hugh Latimer
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Synonyms
- (very little, few): few, little, slight
- (rare, scarce): geason; see also Thesaurus:rare
Antonyms
- (very little, few): ample, plenty
Derived terms
- scanty
Related terms
- scantily
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English scanten, from the adjective (see above).
Verb
scant (third-person singular simple present scants, present participle scanting, simple past and past participle scanted)
- (transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- where man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building
- (intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
Etymology 3
From Middle English scant, from the adjective (see above).
Noun
scant (plural scants)
- (masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
- (masonry) A sheet of stone.
- (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:scant.
Etymology 4
From Middle English scant, from the adjective (see above).
Adverb
scant (not comparable)
- With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
- So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.
- 1597, Francis Bacon, Of the Colours of Good and Evil
- the Epicure , that will scant endure the Stoic to be in sight of him
Noun
scant
- Scarcity; lack.
Anagrams
- can'st, canst, cants, casn't
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slender
English
Etymology
From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (“thin, slender”), from Old Dutch slinder (“thin, lank”), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd?- (“to slip”). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles”), German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll”), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent”), Low German slindern (“to slide on ice”). More at slide, slither.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sl?nd?/
- (General American) enPR: sl?n?d?r, IPA(key): /?sl?nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
- Hyphenation: slen?der
Adjective
slender (comparative slenderer, superlative slenderest)
- Thin; slim.
- (figuratively) meagre; deficient
- Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries.
- (Gaelic languages) Palatalized.
Synonyms
- (thin): lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
- (meagre): insufficient, scarce, sparse; see also Thesaurus:inadequate
Antonyms
- (palatalized): broad
- See also Thesaurus:obese
Derived terms
- slender reed
Translations
Anagrams
- lenders, relends
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