Fat vs. Thin
Difference Between Fat and Thin
Fatadjective
Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
The fat man had trouble getting through the door.The fattest pig should yield the most meat.Thinadjective
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
thin plate of metal;thin paper;thin board;thin coveringFatadjective
Thick.
The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.Thinadjective
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
thin wire;thin stringFatadjective
Bountiful.
Thinadjective
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
thin personFatadjective
Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
Thinadjective
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
Fatadjective
(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
Thinadjective
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.Fatadjective
Fertile; productive.
a fat soil;a fat pastureThinadjective
(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
Fatadjective
Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
a fat benefice;a fat office;a fat jobThinadjective
Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
Fatadjective
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
Thinadjective
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
a thin disguiseFatadjective
Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
a fat take;a fat pageThinnoun
(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
Fatadjective
alternative form of phat
Thinnoun
Any food produced or served in thin slices.
chocolate mint thinspotato thinsFatnoun
(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
Thinverb
(transitive) To make thin or thinner.
Fatnoun
(countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
Thinverb
(intransitive) To become thin or thinner.
Fatnoun
That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
We need to trim the fat in this companyThinverb
To dilute.
Fatnoun
(slang) An erection.
I saw Daniel crack a fat.Thinverb
To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.
Fatnoun
(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
Thinadverb
Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
seed sown thinFatnoun
The best or richest productions; the best part.
to live on the fat of the landThinverb
lose thickness; become thin or thinner
Fatnoun
Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
Thinverb
make thin or thinner;
Thin the solutionFatnoun
(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
Thinverb
lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;
cut bourbonFatnoun
(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
Thinverb
take off weight
Fatverb
To make fat; to fatten.
kill the fatted calfThinadjective
of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section;
thin wirea thin chiffon blousea thin booka thin layer of paintFatverb
To become fat; to fatten.
Thinadjective
lacking excess flesh;
you can't be too rich or too thinYon Cassius has a lean and hungry lookFatnoun
a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);
pizza has too much fatThinadjective
very narrow;
a thin line across the pageFatnoun
a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs;
fatty tissue protected them from the severe coldThinadjective
having little substance or significance;
a flimsy excuseslight evidencea tenuous argumenta thin plotFatnoun
excess bodily weight;
she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in othersThinadjective
not dense;
a thin beardtrees were sparseFatverb
make fat or plump;
We will plump out that poor starving childThinadjective
relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous;
air is thin at high altitudesa thin soupskimmed milk is much thinner than whole milkthin oilFatadjective
having much flesh (especially fat);
he hadn't remembered how fat she wasThinadjective
(of sound) lacking resonance or volume;
a thin feeble cryFatadjective
having a relatively large diameter;
a fat ropeThinadjective
lacking spirit or sincere effort;
a thin smileFatadjective
containing or composed of fat;
fatty foodfat tissueThinadverb
without viscosity;
the blood was flowing thinFatadjective
lucrative;
a juicy contracta nice fat jobFatadjective
marked by great fruitfulness;
fertile farmlanda fat landa productive vineyardrich soilFatadjective
a chubby body;
the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks
