Lanky vs. Skinny — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lanky and Skinny
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Lanky
Tall, thin, and often ungainly.
Skinny
Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin.
Lanky
(informal) Tall, slim, and rather ungraceful or awkward.
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
Lanky
Somewhat lank; tall, thin, bony and ungraceful.
The lanky Dinka, nearly seven feet in height.
ADVERTISEMENT
Skinny
Having reduced fat or calories.
Lanky
Tall and thin and having long slender limbs;
A gangling teenager
A lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
Skinny
Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
Lanky
Ungracefully tall and thin
Skinny
(of clothing) tight-fitting
Skinny jeans
Skinny
(golf) thin
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.
Skinny
A state of nakedness; nudity.
Skinny
(informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
Skinny
(nonstandard) A skinny being.
Skinny
(transitive) To reduce or cut down.
Skinny
Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
He holds him with a skinny hand.
Skinny
Confidential information about a topic or person;
He wanted the inside skinny on the new partner
Skinny
Having unattractive thinness;
A child with skinny freckled legs
A long scrawny neck
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Sparrow vs. Starling
Next Comparison
Gruyere vs. Cheddar
