Young vs. Little — What's the Difference?

Having lived or existed for only a short time

Small in size, amount, or degree (often used to convey an appealing diminutiveness or express an affectionate or condescending attitude)

Used to denote the younger of two people of the same name

A small amount of

Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth

Used to emphasize how small an amount is

Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.

A small amount of

Newly begun or formed; not advanced

Used to emphasize how small an amount is

Relating to, typical of, or suggestive of youth or early life

To a small extent

Lacking experience; immature

Only to a small extent; not much or often (used for emphasis)

Being the junior of two people having the same name.

Small in size

(Geology) Being of an early stage in a geologic cycle. Used of bodies of water and land formations.

Small in quantity or extent

Young persons considered as a group; youth

Short in extent or duration; brief

Offspring; brood

Unimportant; trivial

In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

Narrow; petty

At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.

Having scant power or influence; of minor status

(Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

Being at an early stage of growth; young

Junior (of two related people with the same name).

Younger or youngest. Used especially of a sibling

(of a decade of life) Early.

Not much; scarcely

Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.

Not in the least; not at all

Of or belonging to the early part of life.

A small quantity or amount

(obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Something much less than all

(often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

A short distance or time

To become or seem to become younger.

Small in size.

To cause to appear younger.

Insignificant, trivial.

(geology) To exhibit younging.

(offensive) Used to belittle a person.

Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; - said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.

Very young.

Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.

(of a sibling) Younger.

Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

(often capitalized) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.

The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.

(derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.

Any immature animal

Having few members.

United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

Operating on a small scale.

United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

Short in duration; brief.

British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)

Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

Not much.

English poet (1683-1765)

Not at all.

United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).

United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)

Not much; not a large amount.

Young people collectively;

A small amount.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth;

A child; particularly an infant.

(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity;

A newly initiated member of a sorority, who is mentored by a big.

The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.

(countable) One who has mentally age regressed to a childlike state.

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; - opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child.

Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep.

Small in quantity or amount; not much; as, a little food; a little air or water.

Small in dignity, power, or importance; not great; insignificant; contemptible.

Small in force or efficiency; not strong; weak; slight; inconsiderable; as, little attention or exertion;little effort; little care or diligence.

Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.

That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.

A small degree or scale; miniature.

In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; - often with a preceding it.

A small amount or duration;

Limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent;

(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some;

Of short duration or distance;

Not fully grown;

(informal terms) small and of little importance;

(of a voice) faint;

Younger brother or sister;

Lowercase;

Small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context);

Not much;