Fat vs. Thin — What's the Difference?

In nutrition, biology, and chemistry, fat usually means any ester of fatty acids, or a mixture of such compounds, most commonly those that occur in living beings or in food.The term often refers specifically to triglycerides (triple esters of glycerol), that are the main components of vegetable oils and of fatty tissue in animals; or, even more narrowly, to triglycerides that are solid or semisolid at room temperature, thus excluding oils. The term may also be used more broadly as a synonym of lipid—any substance of biological relevance, composed of carbon, hydrogen, or oxygen, that is insoluble in water but soluble in non-polar solvents.

With opposite surfaces or sides that are close or relatively close together

A natural oily substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs

Having little, or too little, flesh or fat on the body

Any of a group of natural esters of glycerol and various fatty acids, which are solid at room temperature and are the main constituents of animal and vegetable fat

Having few parts or members relative to the area covered or filled; sparse

(of a person or animal) having a large amount of excess flesh

(of a liquid substance) not containing much solid; flowing freely

Large in bulk or circumference

Lacking substance or quality; weak or inadequate

Make or become fat

With little thickness or depth

The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.

Make or become less dense, crowded, or numerous

Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.

Make or become smaller in thickness

A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.

Hit (a ball) above its centre.

Animal tissue containing such substances.

Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension

A solidified animal or vegetable oil.

Not great in diameter or cross section; fine

Obesity; corpulence

Having little bodily flesh or fat; lean or slender.

Unnecessary excess

Not dense or concentrated; sparse

Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.

More rarefied than normal

Full of fat or oil; greasy.

Flowing with relative ease; not viscous

Abounding in desirable elements

Watery

Fertile or productive; rich

Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty

Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked

Having a low number of transactions

Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding

Lacking force or substance; flimsy

Prosperous; wealthy

Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny

Thick; large

Lacking radiance or intensity

Puffed up; swollen

Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative.

To make or become fat; fatten.

In a thin manner

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

So as to be thin

Thick; large.

To make or become thin or thinner.

Bulbous; rotund.

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

Bountiful.

Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.

Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich said of food.

Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.

(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Of low viscosity or low specific gravity.

Fertile; productive.

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.

(golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.

(aviation) Of a route: relatively little used.

(theatre) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.

Poor; scanty; without money or success.

Alternative form of phat

(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.

(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.

Any food produced or served in thin slices.

Such tissue as food: the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts.

(transitive) To make thin or thinner.

(countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.

(intransitive) To become thin or thinner.

That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

To dilute.

(slang) An erection.

To remove some plants or parts of plants in order to improve the growth of what remains.

(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)

Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.

The best or richest productions; the best part.

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite; as, a thin plate of metal; thin paper; a thin board; a thin covering.

Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.

Rare; not dense or thick; - applied to fluids or soft mixtures; as, thin blood; thin broth; thin air.

A fat person.

Not close; not crowded; not filling the space; not having the individuals of which the thing is composed in a close or compact state; hence, not abundant; as, the trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.

A beef cattle fattened for sale.

Not full or well grown; wanting in plumpness.

(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.

Not stout; slim; slender; lean; gaunt; as, a person becomes thin by disease.

(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Wanting in body or volume; small; feeble; not full.

To make fat; to fatten.

Slight; small; slender; flimsy; wanting substance or depth or force; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering; as, a thin disguise.

To become fat; to fatten.

Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin.

To hit a golf ball with a fat shot.

To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

To grow or become thin; - used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear.

A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities.

Lose thickness; become thin or thinner

An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.

Make thin or thinner;

The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

Lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture;

Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.

Take off weight

Abounding with fat

Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section;

Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Lacking excess flesh;

Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.

Very narrow;

Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.

Having little substance or significance;

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

Not dense;

Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; - said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.

Relatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous;

To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.

(of sound) lacking resonance or volume;

To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

Lacking spirit or sincere effort;

A soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides);

Without viscosity;

A kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; adipose tissue also cushions and insulates vital organs;

Excess bodily weight;

Make fat or plump;

Having much flesh (especially fat);

Having a relatively large diameter;

Containing or composed of fat;

Lucrative;

Marked by great fruitfulness;

A chubby body;