Difference between Stubby and Short

What is the difference between Stubby and Short?

Stubby as a noun is a small bottle of beer. while Short as a noun is a short circuit.

Stubby

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small bottle of beer.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Like a stub, short especially cut short, stunted.

Short

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: abruptlyunawaresbrieflycurtlywithout achieving a goal or requirementof a cricket ball, to bounce relatively far from the batsman so that it bounces higher than normal; opposite of fullWith a negative ownership position.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A short circuit.shortstopA short sellerA short sale

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause a short circuit in (something).Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.To shortchange.To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.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.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.Of comparatively little height.Having little duration; opposite of long.Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).that bounced relatively far from the batsmanrelatively close to the batsmanbrittle (of pastry); see also shortening, shortcrustmissing, deficientAny financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.

Example sentence: Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.

We hope you now know whether to use Stubby or Short in your sentence.

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