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
Evergreen plants, including dwarf conifers such as hemlocks, junipers, pines, and spruces, can form a backbone to anchor the design of a rock garden.
Its snouty head, patchy grey body and small pedal fins make the dwarf look more like a large dolphin than a baleen whale.
Whereas some folks consider brown dwarfs the duds of the galaxy, astronomers see beauty in these substellar embers.
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.
