Lilliputian vs. Dwarf — What's the Difference?

A very small person or being.

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

Very small; diminutive.

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

Trivial; petty.

Cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison

A very small person or being.

A person with a usually genetic disorder resulting in atypically short stature and often disproportionate limbs.

(genetics) A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.

An atypically small animal or plant.

Very small, diminutive

A small creature resembling a human, often having magical powers, appearing in legends and fairy tales.

Trivial, petty

A dwarf star.

One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput" or "Gulliver's Travels".

To check the natural growth or development of; stunt

A person or thing of very small size.

To cause to appear small by comparison

Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.

To become stunted or grow smaller.

Of very small size; diminutive; insignificant; dwarfed.

(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.

A very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)

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

A 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

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

Tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput;

(star) A star of relatively small size.

Very small;

Miniature.

(informal terms) small and of little importance;

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

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

(transitive) To make appear insignificant.

(intransitive) To become (much) smaller.

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

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

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.

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

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

To become small; to diminish in size.

A person who is abnormally small

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

Make appear small by comparison;

Check the growth of;