Broad vs. Skinny — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Broad and Skinny
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Broad
Wide in extent from side to side
A broad river.
Broad shoulders.
Skinny
Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin.
Broad
Large in expanse; spacious
A broad lawn.
Skinny
(informal) thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
Broad
Having a certain width from side to side
A sidewalk three feet broad.
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Skinny
Having reduced fat or calories.
Broad
Full; open
Broad daylight.
Skinny
Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
Broad
Covering a wide scope; general
A broad rule.
Skinny
(of clothing) tight-fitting
Skinny jeans
Broad
Liberal; tolerant
Had broad views regarding social services.
Skinny
(golf) thin
Broad
Relating to or covering the main facts or the essential points
A plan presented in broad outline.
Skinny
(colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
Broad
Plain and clear; obvious
Gave us a broad hint to leave.
Skinny
A state of nakedness; nudity.
Broad
Vulgar; ribald
A broad joke.
Skinny
(informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
Broad
Strikingly regional or dialectal
A broad Southern accent.
Skinny
(nonstandard) A skinny being.
Broad
(Linguistics) Pronounced with the tongue placed low and flat and with the oral cavity wide open, like the a in father.
Skinny
(transitive) To reduce or cut down.
Broad
A wide flat part, as of one's hand.
Skinny
Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
He holds him with a skinny hand.
Broad
Offensive Slang A woman or girl.
Skinny
Confidential information about a topic or person;
He wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
Broad
Fully; completely.
Skinny
Having unattractive thinness;
A child with skinny freckled legs
A long scrawny neck
Broad
Wide in extent or scope.
Three feet broad
The broad expanse of ocean
Broad
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Broad
Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
Broad
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
Broad
Plain; evident.
A broad hint
Broad
General rather than specific.
To be in broad agreement
Broad
(writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
Broad
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
Broad
(dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
A broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour
Broad
(of an accent) Strongly regional.
She still has a broad Scottish accent, despite moving to California 20 years ago.
Broad
(Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
Broad
(UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
Broad
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Broad
A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
Broad
A kind of floodlight.
Broad
A playing card.
Broad
(dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
Broad
A woman or girl.
Broad
Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; - opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.
Broad
Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.
Broad
Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
Broad
Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; - applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.
A broad mixture of falsehood.
Broad
Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way.
Broad
Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.
Broad
Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
As broad and general as the casing air.
Broad
Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.
Broad
Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.
Broad
Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.
It is as broad as long, whether they rise to others, or bring others down to them.
Broad
The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.
Broad
The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
Broad
A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
Broad
A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; - usually considered offensive.
Broad
Slang term for a woman;
A broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch
Broad
Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;
Wide roads
A wide necktie
Wide margins
Three feet wide
A river two miles broad
Broad shoulders
A broad river
Broad
Broad in scope or content;
Across-the-board pay increases
An all-embracing definition
Blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
An invention with broad applications
A panoptic study of Soviet nationality
Granted him wide powers
Broad
Not detailed or specific;
A broad rule
The broad outlines of the plan
Felt an unspecific dread
Broad
Lacking subtlety; obvious;
Gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave
Broad
Being at a peak or culminating point;
Broad day
Full summer
High noon
Broad
Very large in expanse or scope;
A broad lawn
The wide plains
A spacious view
Spacious skies
Broad
(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional;
A broad southern accent
Broad
Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;
A broad political stance
Generous and broad sympathies
A liberal newspaper
Tolerant of his opponent's opinions
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