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Slight vs. Faint — What's the Difference?

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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