Petite vs. Petit: What's the Difference?
Petite and Petit Definitions
Petite
Short and slender
This rack of clothing is for petite women.
Petit
Lesser in seriousness or scale.
Petite
Small in size or scope; tiny
“a bagel that is fairly petite by today's standards” (Ed Levine).
Petit
Petite: small, little.
Petite
A clothing size for short, slender women.
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Petit
Petty, in its various senses:
Petite
(especially of a woman) fairly short and of slim build.
Petit
(obsolete) Few in number.
Petite
(clothing) of small size.
Petit
Unimportant; cheap; easily replaced.
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Petite
Small, little; insignificant; petty.
Petit
Small, minor.
Petite
Small, little; of a woman or girl, of small size and trim figure.
Petit
Secondary; lower in rank.
Petite
A garment size for short or slender women
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Petit
A little schoolboy.
Petite
Very small;
Diminutive in stature
A lilliputian chest of drawers
Her petite figure
Tiny feet
The flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
Petit
A kind of pigeon.
Petit
Synonym of brevier.
Petit
Small; little; insignificant; mean; - Same as Petty.
By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion.
