Difference between Slender and Thin

What is the difference between Slender and Thin?

Slender as an adjective is thin; slim. while Thin as an adjective is slim, narrow in size, and (of a person or animal) usually carrying little fat.

Slender

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Thin; slim.

Example sentence: Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.

Thin

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Slim, narrow in size, and (of a person or animal) usually carrying little fat.Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.Scarce.Overly strict.Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make thin or thinnerTo become thin or thinnerTo dilute

Example sentence: The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers.

We hope you now know whether to use Slender or Thin in your sentence.

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