Dorf vs. Dwarf
Difference Between Dorf and Dwarf
Dorfnoun
A village in a Germanic-speaking area.
Dwarfnoun
(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
Dorfnoun
Term of disparagement; freak.
Dwarfnoun
A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.
Dwarfnoun
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
dwarf treedwarf honeysuckleDwarfnoun
(star) A star of relatively small size.
Dwarfadjective
Miniature.
The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.Dwarfverb
(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).
Dwarfverb
(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.
The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.Dwarfverb
(transitive) To make appear insignificant.
Bach dwarfs all other composers.Dwarfverb
(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.
Dwarfverb
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
Dwarfnoun
a person who is abnormally small
Dwarfnoun
a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
Dwarfverb
make appear small by comparison;
This year's debt dwarves that of last yearDwarfverb
check the growth of;
the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines
