different between thinner vs slimmer

English

Etymology

thin +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???n?(?)/
• (US) enPR: th?n??r, IPA^(key): /???n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?(?)
• Hyphenation: thin?ner

Adjective

thinner

1. comparative form of thin: more thin

Noun

thinner (plural thinners)

1. A liquid substance used to thin the consistency of another liquid.

   Turpentine or mineral spirits can be used as a thinner for oil-based paints.

2. Something that thins.

   Pomegranate juice and exercise are great natural blood thinners.

   The new type of mechanical thinner allowed thinning of peach blossoms to be completed earlier.

   A solid mane thinner is indispensable in finishing the looks of your horse.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English thinner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?.n?r/
• Hyphenation: thin?ner
• Rhymes: -?n?r

Noun

thinner m (uncountable)

1. paint thinner

Spanish

Noun

thinner m (plural thinners)

1. thinner, paint thinner

English

Adjective

slimmer

1. comparative form of slim: more slim

Noun

slimmer (plural slimmers)

1. A person who is trying to become slim by dieting.
2. That which slims.
   • 1973, Diwana (issues 16-23, page 4)

     Absence of greasy food will prove an automatic slimmer.

Anagrams

• limmers

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Compare Norwegian slemba, Swedish slimsa.

Pronunciation 1

• Rhymes: -??m?e??

Noun

sli´mm?r f (definite singular sli´mr?, definite plural sl?mr?n)

1. fritter, cloth, torn tabs on clothing or other

Pronunciation 2

• Rhymes: -??m?e??

Verb

sl?mm?r

1. (transitive) caress

   åh stå int denna å slimmer

   oh, do not stand there caressing

2. (transitive) rive

   Slimmär ópp kläa

   tear, wear your clothes

References

• Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten, “slimmer f sli´mm?r” and “slimra v sl?mm?r”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], ?ISBN, page 117
• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Slimmär”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 623