Slight vs. Faint — What's the Difference?

Small in size, degree, or amount

Done with little strength or vigor; feeble

Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail

So weak as to be difficult to perceive; a faint light in the distance; a faint echo.

Of small importance or consideration; trifling

Lacking clarity or distinctness

Small and slender in build or construction; delicate.

Small in degree or amount; meager

To treat (someone) with discourteous reserve or inattention

Lacking conviction, boldness, or courage; timid

To treat as of small importance; make light of

Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak

To do negligently or thoughtlessly; scant

An abrupt, usually brief loss of consciousness, generally associated with failure of normal blood circulation.

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

To fall into a usually brief state of unconsciousness.

A deliberate discourtesy; a snub

(Archaic) To weaken in purpose or spirit.

Small.

(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.

Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected

Not thorough; superficial.

Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp

Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.

Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy

Not far away in space or time.

Slight; minimal.

Of slender build.

(archaic) Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.

(regional) Even, smooth or level.

The act of fainting, syncope.

(especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.

(rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.

(obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.

(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).

Bad, of poor quality.

(intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

(dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.

(intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

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

Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

(transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.

Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."

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

Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

(intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. en

Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

To make even or level.

To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

(transitive) To throw heedlessly.

To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

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

A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

(obsolete) Sleight.

Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

Sleight.

Barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc;

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

Lacking clarity or distinctness;

To overthrow; to demolish.

Lacking strength or vigor;

To make even or level.

Weak and likely to lose consciousness;

To throw heedlessly.

Indistinctly understood or felt or perceived;

To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.

Lacking conviction or boldness or courage;

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.

Not stout or heavy; slender.

Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.

Slightly.

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

Pay no attention to, disrespect;

Having little substance or significance;

Almost no or (with `a') at least some; very little;

Being of delicate or slender build;