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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