Tiny vs. Little

Tiny vs. Little — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Tiny and Little

Tinyadjective

Very small.

Littleadjective

Small in size.

This is a little table.

Tinynoun

A small child; an infant.

Littleadjective

Insignificant, trivial.

It's of little importance.

Tinynoun

Anything very small.

Littleadjective

(offensive) Used to belittle a person.

Listen up, you little shit.
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Tinyadjective

very small;

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

Littleadjective

Very young.

Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?That's the biggest little boy I've ever seen.

Littleadjective

(of a sibling) Younger.

This is my little sister.

Littleadjective

Used with the name of place, especially of a country, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.

Littleadjective

Small in amount or number, having few members.

little money;little herd

Littleadjective

Short in duration; brief.

I feel better after my little sleep.
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Littleadjective

Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

Littleadverb

Not much.

This is a little known fact.She spoke little and listened less.

Littleadverb

Not at all.

I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in.

Littledeterminer

Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).

There is little water left.We had very little to do.

Littlepronoun

Not much; not a large amount.

Little is known about his early life.

Littlenoun

The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.

Littlenoun

a small amount or duration;

he accepted the little they gave him

Littleadjective

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

a little dining rooma little housea small cara little (or small) groupa small voice

Littleadjective

(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some;

little rain fell in Maygave it little thoughtlittle hope remainedlittle time is leftwe still have little moneya little hope remaineda little time is left

Littleadjective

of short duration or distance;

a brief stay in the countryin a little whileit's a little way away

Littleadjective

not fully grown;

what a big little boy you aresmall children

Littleadjective

(informal terms) small and of little importance;

a fiddling sum of moneya footling gestureour worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at wara little (or small) matterMickey Mouse regulationsa dispute over niggling detailslimited to petty enterprisespiffling effortsgiving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

Littleadjective

(of a voice) faint;

a little voicea still small voice

Littleadjective

younger brother or sister;

little brother

Littleadjective

lowercase;

little asmall ae.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters

Littleadjective

small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context);

a nice little jobbless your little heartmy dear little mothera sweet little dealI'm tired of your petty little schemesfilthy little trickswhat a nasty little situation

Littleadverb

not much;

he talked little about his family