different between tiny vs pygmy

English

Alternative forms

• tyny (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?ni/

• Rhymes: -a?ni

Adjective

tiny (comparative tinier, superlative tiniest)

1. Very small.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:tiny

Antonyms

• huge
• great

Derived terms

• tininess
• tinily

Translations

Noun

tiny (plural tinies)

1. 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).

2. Anything very small.

Translations

Anagrams

• tiyn

English

Alternative forms

• pigmy

Etymology

From Latin Pygmae?, from Ancient Greek ???????? (pugmaîos, “a member of a race of dwarves”), from ????? (pugm?, “fist (as small as a fist)”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??mi?/

Noun

pygmy (plural pygmies)

1. (often capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.
2. (Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs.
3. (figuratively, derogatory, offensive) Any dwarfish person or thing.
4. (figuratively, derogatory, offensive) An insignificant person, at least in some respect.

Synonyms

• dwarf
• midget

Antonyms

• giant
• ettin

Derived terms

Related terms

• pygmoid

Translations

Adjective

pygmy (comparative more pygmy, superlative most pygmy)

1. Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people.
2. Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind.

Synonyms

• pygmyish
• dwarfish

See also

• Negrito