dwarf vs midget
Definitions
verb
- check the growth of
- make appear small by comparison
noun
- a person who is markedly small
- a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
- a plant or animal that is atypically small
Examples
The six tapestries she planted come alive with interwoven threads of color and texture from golden boxleaf honeysuckle, lavender, hebe, leatherleaf sedge, and Bowles' golden sedge bordered by dwarf boxwood.
Following three young people with dwarfism, with the focus on normal everyday challenges.
The star in question, KIC 05807616, has a rather interesting description: "a seemingly isolated pulsating hot B subdwarf.
Definitions
noun
- a person who is markedly small
adjective
- very small
Examples
Many of you who have followed my esteemed career know that my wheelhouse is a diverse one, inclusive of my five principal "Ms": mustaches, monkeys, mullets, Mr. T, and midgets.
Three were to operate as a screen for the Pearl Harbor strike force, 20 others were to position themselves around Oahu, and 5 others each were to carry a two-man midget submarine.
They remembered the 21 young men from the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Navy who lost their lives when a torpedo fired by a Japanese midget submarine tore the ferry HMAS Kuttabul apart at the seawall.
