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Scant vs. Scanty — What's the Difference?

Scant vs. Scanty — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Scant and Scanty

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Scant

Barely sufficient or adequate
Companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations

Scanty

Small or insufficient in amount, size, or extent
Scanty rations.
Scanty evidence.

Scant

Provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts
He does not scant his attention to the later writings

Scanty

Not covering a considerable amount of the body
A scanty bathing suit.

Scant

Barely sufficient
Paid scant attention to the lecture.
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Scanty

Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.

Scant

Falling short of a specific measure
A scant cup of sugar.

Scanty

Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.
A girl dressed in scanty clothing

Scant

Inadequately supplied; short
We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.

Scanty

Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
His dominions were very narrow and scanty.
Now scantier limits the proud arch confine.

Scant

To give an inadequate portion or allowance to
Had to scant the older children in order to nourish the newborn.

Scanty

Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.

Scant

To limit, as in amount or share; stint
Our leisure time is scanted by this demanding job.

Scanty

Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.

Scant

To deal with or treat inadequately or neglectfully; slight.

Scanty

Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

Scant

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
A scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment

Scanty

Lacking in amplitude or quantity;
A bare livelihood
A scanty harvest
A spare diet

Scant

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Scant

(transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
To scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries

Scant

(intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
The wind scants.

Scant

Very little, very few.
After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.

Scant

A small piece or quantity.

Scant

(uncommon) Scarcity; lack.

Scant

(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.

Scant

(masonry) A sheet of stone.

Scant

(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.

Scant

With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Scant

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment.
His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.

Scant

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence.

Scant

To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.
Where a man hath a great living laid together and where he is scanted.
I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions.

Scant

To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.

Scant

To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.

Scant

In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
So weak that he was scant able to go down the stairs.

Scant

Scantness; scarcity.

Scant

Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

Scant

Limit in quality or quantity

Scant

Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities;
Sting with the allowance

Scant

Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so;
A light pound
A scant cup of sugar
Regularly gives short weight

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