Small vs. Short

Small and Short Definitions
Small
Being below average in size
A small car.
Short
Having little length; not long.
Small
Being below average in quantity or extent
A small donation.
A small project.
Short
Having little height; not tall.
Small
Limited in importance or significance; trivial
A small matter.
Short
Extending or traveling not far or not far enough
A short toss.
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Small
Having limited position, influence, or status; minor
"A crowd of small writers had vainly attempted to rival Addison" (Thomas Macaulay).
Short
Lasting a brief time
A short holiday.
Small
Unpretentious; modest
Made a small living.
Helped the cause in my own small way.
Short
Appearing to pass quickly
Finished the job in a few short months.
Small
Not fully grown; very young
A small child.
Short
Not lengthy; succinct
Short and to the point.
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Small
Narrow in outlook; petty
A small mind.
Short
Rudely brief; abrupt
The owner was quite short with the new hire.
Small
Having been belittled; humiliated
Their comments made me feel small.
Short
Easily provoked; irascible
Has a short temper.
Small
Diluted; weak. Used of alcoholic beverages.
Short
Inadequate; insufficient
Oil in short supply.
Were short on experience.
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Small
Lacking force or volume
A small voice.
Short
Lacking in length or amount
A board that is short two inches.
Small
Lowercase
Type the password in small letters.
Short
Lacking in breadth or scope
A short view of the problem.
Small
In small pieces
Cut the meat up small.
Short
Deficient in retentiveness
A short memory.
Small
Without loudness or forcefulness; softly.
Short
Holding a trading position that is inversely related to the price of a security or index
Short investors.
An investor who is short gold.
Small
In a small manner.
Short
Of or relating to a short sale
A short position.
Small
A part that is smaller or narrower than the rest
The small of the back.
Short
Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky
A short pie crust.
Small
Small things considered as a group.
Short
Not ductile; brittle
Short iron.
Small
Chiefly British Small items of clothing.
Short
(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or being a speech sound of relatively brief duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mălus, "evil," as compared with the same or a similar sound of relatively long duration, as the first vowel sound in the Latin word mālus, "apple tree."
Small
Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
A small serving of ice cream.
A small group.
He made us all feel small.
Short
(Grammar) Of, relating to, or being a vowel sound in English, such as the vowel sound (ă) in pat or () in put, that is descended from a vowel of brief duration.
Small
(figuratively) Young, as a child.
Remember when the children were small?
Short
Being of relatively brief duration. Used of a syllable in quantitative prosody.
Small
Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
Short
(Slang) Close to the end of a tour of military duty.
Small
Humiliated or insignificant.
The bullies had succeeded in making him feel small.
Short
Abruptly; quickly
Stop short.
Small
Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
Short
In a rude or curt manner.
Small
Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
A small space of time
Short
At a point before a given boundary, limit, or goal
A missile that landed short of the target.
Small
Synonym of little
Small science
Short
At a disadvantage
We were caught short by the sudden storm.
Small
(archaic) Slender, gracefully slim.
Short
By means of a short sale
Selling a commodity short.
Small
That is small the manufactured size.
I'll have a small coffee, thanks.
Short
(Linguistics) A short syllable, vowel, or consonant.
Small
In a small fashion
Short
A brief film; a short subject.
Small
In or into small pieces.
Short
A size of clothing less long than the average for that size.
Small
(obsolete) To a small extent.
Short
Shorts Short pants extending to the knee or above.
Small
(obsolete) In a low tone; softly.
Short
Shorts Undershorts.
Small
An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
Two smalls and a large, please.
Short
A short sale.
Small
One who fits an item of that size.
Short
One that sells short.
Small
Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
Short
Shorts A byproduct of wheat processing that consists of germ, bran, and coarse meal or flour.
Small
To make little or less.
Short
Shorts Clippings or trimmings that remain as byproducts in various manufacturing processes, often used to make an inferior variety of the product.
Small
(intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
Short
A short circuit.
Small
Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river.
To compareGreat things with small.
Short
A malfunction caused by a short circuit.
Small
Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business.
Short
(Baseball) A shortstop.
Small
Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; - sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man.
Short
To cause a short circuit in.
Small
Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space.
Short
(Informal) To give (one) less than one is entitled to; shortchange.
Small
Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud.
Short
To short-sell (a security or index).
Small
In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly.
Short
To short-circuit.
Small
Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
You may speak as small as you will.
Short
Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
Small
The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.
Short
(of a person) Of comparatively small height.
Small
Smallclothes.
Short
Having little duration.
Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long.
Small
To make little or less.
Short
(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".
Small
The slender part of the back
Short
That is relatively close to the batsman.
Small
A garment size for a small person
Short
Bowled so that it bounces relatively far from the batsman.
Small
Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;
A little dining room
A little house
A small car
A little (or small) group
A small voice
Short
That falls short of the green or the hole.
Small
Limited in size or scope;
A small business
A newspaper with a modest circulation
Small-scale plans
A pocket-size country
Short
(gambling) Of betting odds, offering a small return for the money wagered.
Small
Low or inferior in station or quality;
A humble cottage
A lowly parish priest
A modest man of the people
Small beginnings
Short
Brittle, crumbly. See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening, hot short, cold-short.
Small
Not fully grown;
What a big little boy you are
Small children
Short
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
He gave a short answer to the question.
Small
Too small to be seen except under a microscope
Short
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
A short supply of provisions
Small
Not large but sufficient in size or amount;
A modest salary
Modest inflation
Helped in my own small way
Short
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
To be short of money
I'd lend you the cash but I'm a little short at present.
The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
Small
(of a voice) faint;
A little voice
A still small voice
Short
Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
An account which is short of the truth
Small
Slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope;
A series of death struggles with small time in between
Short
(colloquial) Undiluted; neat.
Small
Made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth);
Her comments made me feel small
Short
(obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
Small
Lowercase;
Little a
Small a
E.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters
Short
(finance) Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
Short position
I'm short in General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
Small
Have fine or very small constituent particles;
A small misty rain
Short
(by extension) Doubtful of, skeptical of.
Small
On a small scale;
Think small
Short
Of money: given in the fewest possible notes, i.e. those of the largest denomination.
Short
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.
Short
Unawares.
The recent developments at work caught them short.
Short
Without achieving a goal or requirement.
His speech fell short of what was expected.
Short
Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
Short
(finance) With a negative ownership position.
We went short most finance companies in July.
Short
A short circuit.
Short
A short film.
Short
A short version of a garment in a particular size.
38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
Do you have that size in a short?
Short
(baseball) A shortstop.
Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
Short
(finance) A short seller.
The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
Short
(finance) A short sale or short position.
He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
Short
A summary account.
Short
(phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
Short
(programming) An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
Short
An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.
Short
(transitive) To cause a short circuit in (something).
Short
To short circuit.
Short
(transitive) To shortchange.
Short
To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us.
Short
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.
Short
(obsolete) To shorten.
Short
Deficient in.
We are short a few men on the second shift.
He's short common sense.
Short
(finance) Having a negative position in.
I don’t want to be short the market going into the weekend.
Short
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
The bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it.
Short
Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
To short absense I could yield.
Short
Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
Short
Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; - usually with of; as, to be short of money.
We shall be short in our provision.
Short
Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
Short
Not distant in time; near at hand.
Marinell was sore offendedThat his departure thence should be so short.
He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day.
Short
Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
Their own short understandings reachNo farther than the present.
Short
Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); - with of.
Hardly anything short of an invasion could rouse them again to war.
Short
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
Short
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
Short
Brittle.
Short
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; - opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, 22, 30.
Short
A summary account.
The short and the long is, our play is preferred.
Short
The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
The first remove above bran is shorts.
Short
Short, inferior hemp.
Short
Breeches; shortclothes.
Short
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
If we compare the nearest conventional shorts and longs in English, as in "bit" and "beat," "not" and "naught," we find that the short vowels are generally wide, the long narrow, besides being generally diphthongic as well. Hence, originally short vowels can be lengthened and yet kept quite distinct from the original longs.
Short
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language.
Short
To shorten.
Short
To fail; to decrease.
Short
The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
Short
Accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
Short
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between 2nd and 3rd base
Short
Cheat someone by not returning him enough money
Short
Create a short-circuit in
Short
Primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration;
A short life
A short flight
A short holiday
A short story
Only a few short months
Short
Primarily spatial sense; having little length or lacking in length;
Short skirts
Short hair
The board was a foot short
A short toss
Short
Low in stature; not tall;
His was short and stocky
Short in stature
A short smokestack
Short
Not sufficient to meet a need;
An inadequate income
A poor salary
Money is short
On short rations
Food is in short supply
Short on experience
Short
Not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices;
A short sale
Short in cotton
Short
Of speech sounds (especially vowels) of relatively short duration (as e.g. the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt')
Short
Containing a large amount of shortening; therefore tender and easy to crumble or break into flakes;
Shortbread is a short crumbly cookie
A short flaky pie crust
Short
Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;
A light pound
A scant cup of sugar
Regularly gives short weight
Short
Used of syllables that are unaccented or of relatively brief duration
Short
(of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range;
A short memory
Short
Lacking foresight or scope;
A short view of the problem
Shortsighted policies
Shortsighted critics derided the plan
Myopic thinking
Short
Unwilling to endure;
She was short with the slower students
Short
Quickly aroused to anger;
A hotheaded commander
Short
Most direct;
Took the shortest and most direct route to town
Short
Marked by rude or peremptory shortness;
Try to cultivate a less brusque manner
A curt reply
The salesgirl was very short with him
Short
Quickly and without warning;
He stopped suddenly
Short
Without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold;
He made his fortune by selling short just before the crash
Short
Clean across;
The car's axle snapped short
Short
At some point or distance before a goal is reached;
He fell short of our expectations
Short
So as to interrupt;
She took him up short before he could continue
Short
At a disadvantage;
I was caught short
Short
Tightly;
She caught him up short on his lapel
Short
In a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;
He told me curtly to get on with it
He talked short with everyone
He said shortly that he didn't like it