Dwarf vs. Stunted

Dwarfnoun

(mythology) Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.

Stuntedverb

simple past tense and past participle of stunt

‘The plant's growth was stunted because it was placed in a closet.’;

Dwarfnoun

A person of short stature, often one whose limbs are disproportionately small in relation to the body as compared with normal adults, usually as the result of a genetic condition.

Stuntedadjective

prevented from growing or developing

Dwarfnoun

An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.

‘dwarf tree’; ‘dwarf honeysuckle’;

Stuntedadjective

(medicine) Of a person: shorter than usual for one's age.

Dwarfnoun

(star) A star of relatively small size.

Stuntedadjective

Dwarfed.

Dwarfadjective

Miniature.

‘The specimen is a very dwarf form of the plant.’; ‘It is possible to grow the plants as dwarf as one desires.’;

Stuntedadjective

inferior in size or quality;

‘scrawny cattle’; ‘scrubby cut-over pine’; ‘old stunted thorn trees’;

Dwarfverb

(transitive) To render (much) smaller, turn into a dwarf (version).

Dwarfverb

(transitive) To make appear (much) smaller, puny, tiny.

‘The newly-built skyscraper dwarfs all older buildings in the downtown skyline.’;

Dwarfverb

(transitive) To make appear insignificant.

‘Bach dwarfs all other composers.’;

Dwarfverb

(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.

Dwarfverb

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

Dwarfnoun

An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind.

Dwarfnoun

A diminutive human being, small in stature due to a pathological condition which causes a distortion of the proportions of body parts to each other, such as the limbs, torso, and head. A person of unusually small height who has normal body proportions is usually called a midget.

Dwarfnoun

A small, usually misshapen person, typically a man, who may have magical powers; mythical dwarves were often depicted as living underground in caves.

Dwarfverb

To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.

‘Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background.’;

Dwarfverb

To become small; to diminish in size.

‘Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter it, our great conceptions dwarf.’;

Dwarfnoun

a person who is abnormally small

Dwarfnoun

a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

Dwarfverb

make appear small by comparison;

‘This year's debt dwarves that of last year’;

Dwarfverb

check the growth of;

‘the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines’;

Dwarfnoun

(in folklore or fantasy literature) a member of a mythical race of short, stocky humanlike creatures who are generally skilled in mining and metalworking.

Dwarfnoun

a person who is of unusually or abnormally small stature because of a medical condition; a person affected by dwarfism.

Dwarfnoun

a very short person.

Dwarfnoun

denoting something, especially an animal or plant, that is much smaller than the usual size for its type or species

‘a dwarf conifer’;

Dwarfnoun

a star of relatively small size and low luminosity, including the majority of main sequence stars.

Dwarfverb

cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison

‘the buildings surround and dwarf All Saints church’;

Dwarfverb

stunt the growth or development of

‘the insurance industry is still battling with a number of challenges that have dwarfed its growth’;