Skinny vs. Anorexic — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Skinny and Anorexic
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Skinny
Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin.
Anorexic
Relating to, characterized by, or suffering from anorexia.
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
Anorexic
A person suffering from anorexia.
Skinny
Having reduced fat or calories.
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Anorexic
A medicine which produces a loss of appetite.
Skinny
Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
Anorexic
Relating to or affected with anorexia nervosa.
Skinny
(of clothing) tight-fitting
Skinny jeans
Anorexic
Anorectic.
Skinny
(golf) thin
Anorexic
Characterized by severe economy of style and expression
"The book consists of nineteen rather anorexic stories, stripped of all but vestigial traces of emotion and often of plot" (Madison Smartt Bell).
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.
Anorexic
Pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia nervosa.
Skinny
A state of nakedness; nudity.
Anorexic
(by extension) Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
Skinny
(informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
Anorexic
Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
Skinny
(nonstandard) A skinny being.
Anorexic
A medicine which suppresses appetite.
Skinny
(transitive) To reduce or cut down.
Anorexic
A person suffering from anorexia nervosa
Skinny
Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
He holds him with a skinny hand.
Anorexic
Suffering from anorexia nervosa; pathologically thin
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
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