Slight vs. Faint — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Slight and Faint
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Slight
Small in size, degree, or amount
A slight tilt.
A slight surplus.
Faint
Done with little strength or vigor; feeble
A faint attempt to apologize.
Slight
Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail
A slight foundation.
Slight evidence.
Faint
So weak as to be difficult to perceive; a faint light in the distance; a faint echo.
Slight
Of small importance or consideration; trifling
Slight matters.
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Faint
Lacking clarity or distinctness
A faint recollection.
Slight
Small and slender in build or construction; delicate.
Faint
Small in degree or amount; meager
Faint chance of getting a raise.
Slight
To treat (someone) with discourteous reserve or inattention
"the occasional feeling of being slighted at others' underestimating my charms and talents" (Joseph Epstein).
Faint
Lacking conviction, boldness, or courage; timid
A tourist who is faint at heart.
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).
Faint
Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak
Felt faint for a moment.
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).
Faint
An abrupt, usually brief loss of consciousness, generally associated with failure of normal blood circulation.
Slight
To raze or level the walls of (a castle or other fortification).
Faint
To fall into a usually brief state of unconsciousness.
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).
Faint
(Archaic) To weaken in purpose or spirit.
Slight
Small.
Faint
(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.
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
Faint
Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
Slight
Not thorough; superficial.
Make a slight examination
Faint
Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
There was a faint red light in the distance.
Slight
Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.
We made a slight mistake
A slight pain
Faint
Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
Faint efforts
Faint resistance
Slight
Not far away in space or time.
In the slight future
Faint
Slight; minimal.
Slight
Of slender build.
A slight but graceful woman
Faint
(archaic) Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.
Slight
(regional) Even, smooth or level.
A slight stone
Faint
The act of fainting, syncope.
She suffered another faint.
Slight
(especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.
The sea was slight and calm
Faint
(rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
Slight
(obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
Faint
(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
Slight
Bad, of poor quality.
Faint
(intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
Slight
(dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.
Faint
(intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
Slight
(transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
Faint
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
Slight
(transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
Faint
Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
Slight
(transitive) To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
Faint
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
Slight
(intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. en
Faint
Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
The faint prosecution of the war.
Slight
To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
Faint
To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Slight
To make even or level.
Faint
To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.
Slight
(transitive) To throw heedlessly.
Faint
To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
It faints me to think what follows.
Slight
The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
Faint
A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
Slight
(obsolete) Sleight.
Faint
Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
Slight
Sleight.
Faint
Barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc;
A faint outline
The wan sun cast faint shadows
The faint light of a distant candle
Faint colors
A faint hissing sound
A faint aroma
Slight
The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.
Faint
Lacking clarity or distinctness;
A dim figure in the distance
Only a faint recollection
Shadowy figures in the gloom
Saw a vague outline of a building through the fog
A few wispy memories of childhood
Slight
To overthrow; to demolish.
Faint
Lacking strength or vigor;
Damning with faint praise
Faint resistance
Feeble efforts
A feeble voice
Slight
To make even or level.
Faint
Weak and likely to lose consciousness;
Suddenly felt faint from the pain
Was sick and faint from hunger
Felt light in the head
A swooning fit
Light-headed with wine
Light-headed from lack of sleep
Slight
To throw heedlessly.
The rogue slighted me into the river.
Faint
Indistinctly understood or felt or perceived;
A faint clue to the origin of the mystery
Haven't the faintest idea
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.
Faint
Lacking conviction or boldness or courage;
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady
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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