dwarf vs midget

Definitions

verb

1. check the growth of
2. make appear small by comparison

noun

1. a person who is markedly small
2. a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
3. a plant or animal that is atypically small

Examples

The six tapestries she planted come alive with interwoven threads of color and texture from golden boxleaf honeysuckle, lavender, hebe, leatherleaf sedge, and Bowles' golden sedge bordered by dwarf boxwood.

Evergreen plants, including dwarf conifers such as hemlocks, junipers, pines, and spruces, can form a backbone to anchor the design of a rock garden.

Its snouty head, patchy grey body and small pedal fins make the dwarf look more like a large dolphin than a baleen whale.

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Definitions

noun

1. a person who is markedly small

adjective

1. very small

Examples

Speaking for the Midgets Rights Group of America (MRGA), I would like to inform you the term midget is quite offensive.

The Republican Party's slapstick search for a leader would be heartwarming and sidesplitting, but for the tragic knowledge that one of these scrambling midgets will collect tens of millions of votes in the presidential election of 2012.

Once upon a time there was a little sidepocket universe consisting only of midgets who had been harvested from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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