Emaciated vs. Thin: What's the Difference?

Emaciated and Thin Definitions
Emaciated
To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation.
Thin
Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension
A thin book.
Emaciated
Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly.
Thin
Not great in diameter or cross section; fine
Thin wire.
Emaciated
Simple past tense and past participle of emaciate
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Thin
Having little bodily flesh or fat; lean or slender.
Emaciated
Having become so thin that the bones noticeably protude under the skin; as, emaciated bony hands.
Thin
Not dense or concentrated; sparse
The thin vegetation of the plateau.
Emaciated
Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
Emaciated bony hands
A nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
Eyes were haggard and cavernous
Small pinched faces
Kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
Thin
More rarefied than normal
Thin air.
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Thin
Flowing with relative ease; not viscous
A thin oil.
Thin
Watery
Thin soup.
Thin
Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty
A thin menu.
Thin
Having a low number of transactions
Thin trading in the stock market.
Thin
Lacking force or substance; flimsy
A thin attempt.
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Thin
Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny
The piano had a thin sound.
Thin
Lacking radiance or intensity
Thin light.
Thin
Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative.
Thin
In a thin manner
Spread the varnish thin if you don't want it to wrinkle.
Thin
So as to be thin
Cut the cheese thin.
Thin
To make or become thin or thinner.
Thin
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
Thin plate of metal;
Thin paper;
Thin board;
Thin covering
Thin
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
Thin wire;
Thin string
Thin
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
Thin person
Thin
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.
Water is thinner than honey.
Thin
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
Thin
(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
Thin
Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
Thin
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
A thin disguise
Thin
(aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.
Thin
Poor; scanty; without money or success.
Thin
(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
Thin
Any food produced or served in thin slices.
Chocolate mint thins
Potato thins
Wheat thins
Thin
(transitive) To make thin or thinner.
Thin
(intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
Thin
To dilute.
Thin
To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
Thin
Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
Seed sown thin
Thin
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.
Thin
Rare; not dense or thick; - applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.
In the day, when the air is more thin.
Satan, bowing lowHis gray dissimulation, disappeared,Into thin air diffused.
Thin
Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
Thin
Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.
Seven thin ears . . . blasted with the east wind.
Thin
Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.
Thin
Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
Thin, hollow sounds, and lamentable screams.
Thin
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.
My tale is done, for my wit is but thin.
Thin
Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.
Spain is thin sown of people.
Thin
To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).
Thin
To grow or become thin; - used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.
Thin
Lose thickness; become thin or thinner
Thin
Make thin or thinner;
Thin the solution
Thin
Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;
Cut bourbon
Thin
Take off weight
Thin
Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section;
Thin wire
A thin chiffon blouse
A thin book
A thin layer of paint
Thin
Lacking excess flesh;
You can't be too rich or too thin
Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look
Thin
Very narrow;
A thin line across the page
Thin
Having little substance or significance;
A flimsy excuse
Slight evidence
A tenuous argument
A thin plot
Thin
Not dense;
A thin beard
Trees were sparse
Thin
Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous;
Air is thin at high altitudes
A thin soup
Skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk
Thin oil
Thin
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume;
A thin feeble cry
Thin
Lacking spirit or sincere effort;
A thin smile
Thin
Without viscosity;
The blood was flowing thin