Petite vs. Short

Petite vs. Short — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Petite and Short

Petiteadjective

Of a woman: fairly short and of slim build.

Shortadjective

Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.

Petiteadjective

Of women's clothing: of small size.

Shortadjective

(of a person) Of comparatively little height.

Petiteadjective

Small, little; insignificant; petty.

Shortadjective

Having little duration; opposite of long.

Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
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Petitenoun

a garment size for short or slender women

Shortadjective

(followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).

“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".

Petiteadjective

very small;

diminutive in staturea lilliputian chest of drawersher petite figuretiny feetthe flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

Shortadjective

that is relatively close to the batsman.

Shortadjective

that bounced relatively far from the batsman.

Shortadjective

that falls short of the green or the hole.

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Shortadjective

(of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.

Shortadjective

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.

He gave a short answer to the question.

Shortadjective

Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.

a short supply of provisions

Shortadjective

Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.

to be short of moneyThe cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.

Shortadjective

Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.

an account which is short of the truth

Shortadjective

(obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.

Shortadjective

Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.

Shortadverb

Abruptly, curtly, briefly.

They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.

Shortadverb

Unawares.

The recent developments at work caught them short.

Shortadverb

Without achieving a goal or requirement.

His speech fell short of what was expected.

Shortadverb

Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.

Shortadverb

(finance) With a negative ownership position.

We went short most finance companies in July.

Shortnoun

A short circuit.

Shortnoun

A short film.

Shortnoun

Used to indicate a short-length version of a size

38 short suits fit me right off the rack.Do you have that size in a short.

Shortnoun

(baseball) A shortstop.

Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.

Shortnoun

(finance) A short seller.

The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.

Shortnoun

(finance) A short sale.

He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.

Shortnoun

A summary account.

Shortnoun

(phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

Shortnoun

(programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.

Shortverb

(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).

Shortverb

(intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.

Shortverb

(transitive) To shortchange.

Shortverb

(transitive) To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.

Shortverb

To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.

Shortverb

(obsolete) To shorten.

Shortpreposition

Deficient in.

We are short a few men on the second shift.He's short common sense.

Shortpreposition

(finance) Having a negative position in.

I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.

Shortnoun

the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

Shortnoun

accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

Shortnoun

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base

Shortverb

cheat someone by not returning him enough money

Shortverb

create a short-circuit in

Shortadjective

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration;

a short lifea short flighta short holidaya short storyonly a few short months

Shortadjective

primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length;

short skirtsshort hairthe board was a foot shorta short toss

Shortadjective

low in stature; not tall;

his was short and stockyshort in staturea short smokestack

Shortadjective

not sufficient to meet a need;

an inadequate incomea poor salarymoney is shorton short rationsfood is in short supplyshort on experience

Shortadjective

not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices;

a short saleshort in cotton

Shortadjective

of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')

Shortadjective

containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes;

shortbread is a short crumbly cookiea short flaky pie crust

Shortadjective

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;

a light pounda scant cup of sugarregularly gives short weight

Shortadjective

used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration

Shortadjective

(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;

a short memory

Shortadjective

lacking foresight or scope;

a short view of the problemshortsighted policiesshortsighted critics derided the planmyopic thinking

Shortadjective

unwilling to endure;

she was short with the slower students

Shortadjective

quickly aroused to anger;

a hotheaded commander

Shortadjective

most direct;

took the shortest and most direct route to town

Shortadjective

marked by rude or peremptory shortness;

try to cultivate a less brusque mannera curt replythe salesgirl was very short with him

Shortadverb

quickly and without warning;

he stopped suddenly

Shortadverb

without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold;

he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash

Shortadverb

clean across;

the car's axle snapped short

Shortadverb

at some point or distance before a goal is reached;

he fell short of our expectations

Shortadverb

so as to interrupt;

She took him up short before he could continue

Shortadverb

at a disadvantage;

I was caught short

Shortadverb

tightly;

she caught him up short on his lapel

Shortadverb

in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;

he told me curtly to get on with ithe talked short with everyonehe said shortly that he didn't like it