different between weeny vs tiny

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?ni

Etymology 1

Possibly imitative from teeny weeny, or from wee + -y

Adjective

weeny (comparative weenier, superlative weeniest)

1. Minuscule.

Etymology 2

From German wiener (“of Vienna”)

Noun

weeny (plural weenies)

1. A wiener, a hot dog.
2. (slang) A penis, from the resemblance to a wiener, sometimes thought of as small by influence from teeny weeny

Anagrams

• yewen

English

Alternative forms

• tyny (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?ni/

• Rhymes: -a?ni

Adjective

tiny (comparative tinier, superlative tiniest)

1. Very small.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:tiny

Antonyms

• huge
• great

Derived terms

• tininess
• tinily

Translations

Noun

tiny (plural tinies)

1. A small child; an infant.
   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 28:

     ‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny.’

   • 1982, Young children in China (page 84)

     The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).

2. Anything very small.

Translations

Anagrams

• tiyn