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Mild vs. Slight — What's the Difference?

Mild vs. Slight — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Mild and Slight

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Mild

Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.

Slight

Small in size, degree, or amount
A slight tilt.
A slight surplus.

Mild

Moderate in type, degree, effect, or force
A mild pipe tobacco.
A mild sedative.

Slight

Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail
A slight foundation.
Slight evidence.

Mild

Not extreme
A mild winter storm.
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Slight

Of small importance or consideration; trifling
Slight matters.

Mild

Warm and full of sunshine; pleasant
A mild spring day.
Mild weather in June.

Slight

Small and slender in build or construction; delicate.

Mild

Not severe or acute
A mild fever.

Slight

To treat (someone) with discourteous reserve or inattention
"the occasional feeling of being slighted at others' underestimating my charms and talents" (Joseph Epstein).

Mild

Easily molded, shaped, or worked; malleable
Mild steel.

Slight

To treat as of small importance; make light of
"If I have ... slighted the contributions of my many predecessors, let me offer a blanket apology" (Joseph J. Ellis).

Mild

Texas & Virginia To diminish or decrease. Used of the wind or a storm. See Note at fair1.

Slight

To do negligently or thoughtlessly; scant
"It is a proper question to ask of an assignment whether some of its parts might be omitted or slighted" (Stanley Fish).

Mild

Gentle and not easily angered.
A mild man

Slight

To raze or level the walls of (a castle or other fortification).

Mild

(of a rule or punishment) Of only moderate severity; not strict.
He received a mild sentence.

Slight

A deliberate discourtesy; a snub
"She got into the car, thinking how sensitive men are to slights from women and how insensitive to slights to women" (Marge Piercy).

Mild

Not overly felt or seriously intended.

Slight

Small.

Mild

(of an illness or pain) Not serious or dangerous.

Slight

Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.
Give it a slight kick
A slight hint of cinnamon
A slight effort
A slight (i.e. not convincing) argument

Mild

(of weather) Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
A mild day
Mild weather

Slight

Not thorough; superficial.
Make a slight examination

Mild

(of a medicine or cosmetic) Acting gently and without causing harm.
A mild anaesthetic

Slight

Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.
We made a slight mistake
A slight pain

Mild

(of food, drink, or a drug) Not sharp or bitter; not strong in flavor.
A mild curry

Slight

Not far away in space or time.
In the slight future

Mild

(British) A relatively low-gravity beer, often with a dark colour; mild ale

Slight

Of slender build.
A slight but graceful woman

Mild

Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate in degree or quality; - the opposite of harsh, severe, irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; - applied to persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.
The rosy morn resigns her lightAnd milder glory to the noon.
Adore him as a mild and merciful Being.

Slight

(regional) Even, smooth or level.
A slight stone

Mild

Moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme;
A mild winter storm
A mild fever
Fortunately the pain was mild
A mild rebuke
Mild criticism

Slight

(especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
The sea was slight and calm

Mild

Humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness;
Meek and self-effacing

Slight

(obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.

Mild

Mild and pleasant;
Balmy days and nights
The climate was mild and conducive to life or growth

Slight

Bad, of poor quality.

Slight

(dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.

Slight

(transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.

Slight

(transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.

Slight

(transitive) To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.

Slight

(intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. en

Slight

To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

Slight

To make even or level.

Slight

(transitive) To throw heedlessly.

Slight

The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.

Slight

(obsolete) Sleight.

Slight

Sleight.

Slight

The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.

Slight

To overthrow; to demolish.

Slight

To make even or level.

Slight

To throw heedlessly.
The rogue slighted me into the river.

Slight

To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.
The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies.
Beware . . . lest the like befall . . . If they transgress and slight that sole command.
This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace,Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.

Slight

Not decidedly marked; not forcible; inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; - applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.
Slight is the subject, but not so the praise.
Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.

Slight

Not stout or heavy; slender.
His own figure, which was formerly so slight.

Slight

Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.

Slight

Slightly.
Think not so slight of glory.

Slight

A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

Slight

Pay no attention to, disrespect;
She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance

Slight

Having little substance or significance;
A flimsy excuse
Slight evidence
A tenuous argument
A thin plot

Slight

Almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little;
There's slight chance that it will work
There's a slight chance it will work

Slight

Being of delicate or slender build;
She was slender as a willow shoot is slender
A slim girl with straight blonde hair
Watched her slight figure cross the street

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