Fat vs. Thin

Fat vs. Thin — Is There a Difference?
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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 covering

Fatadjective

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 string

Fatadjective

Bountiful.

Thinadjective

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

thin person
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Fatadjective

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 pasture

Thinadjective

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

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Fatadjective

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

a fat benefice;a fat office;a fat job

Thinadjective

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 disguise

Fatadjective

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 page

Thinnoun

(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 thins

Fatnoun

(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 company

Thinverb

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 thin

Fatnoun

The best or richest productions; the best part.

to live on the fat of the land

Thinverb

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 solution

Fatnoun

(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 bourbon

Fatnoun

(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Thinverb

take off weight

Fatverb

To make fat; to fatten.

kill the fatted calf

Thinadjective

of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section;

thin wirea thin chiffon blousea thin booka thin layer of paint

Fatverb

To become fat; to fatten.

Thinadjective

lacking excess flesh;

you can't be too rich or too thinYon Cassius has a lean and hungry look

Fatnoun

a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);

pizza has too much fat

Thinadjective

very narrow;

a thin line across the page

Fatnoun

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 cold

Thinadjective

having little substance or significance;

a flimsy excuseslight evidencea tenuous argumenta thin plot

Fatnoun

excess bodily weight;

she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others

Thinadjective

not dense;

a thin beardtrees were sparse

Fatverb

make fat or plump;

We will plump out that poor starving child

Thinadjective

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 oil

Fatadjective

having much flesh (especially fat);

he hadn't remembered how fat she was

Thinadjective

(of sound) lacking resonance or volume;

a thin feeble cry

Fatadjective

having a relatively large diameter;

a fat rope

Thinadjective

lacking spirit or sincere effort;

a thin smile

Fatadjective

containing or composed of fat;

fatty foodfat tissue

Thinadverb

without viscosity;

the blood was flowing thin

Fatadjective

lucrative;

a juicy contracta nice fat job

Fatadjective

marked by great fruitfulness;

fertile farmlanda fat landa productive vineyardrich soil

Fatadjective

a chubby body;

the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks