Slimming vs Trimming - What's the difference?
slimming | trimming |
Making a person seem or become slimmer.
The act of someone who trims.
Material that is removed by someone trimming something, as a piece of steak.
:He gave the trimmings to the dog under the kitchen table.
An accompaniment to a meal.
:Christmas dinner with all the trimmings
(colloquial, dated) A reprimand or chastisting.
:I am helping my elderly neighbour by trimming his hedge.
As verbs the difference between slimming and trimming
is that slimming is while trimming is .As an adjective slimming
is making a person seem or become slimmer.As a noun trimming is
the act of someone who trims.slimming
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She bought the jeans because the salesperson said they were slimming and without trying them on.
- He's trying to lose weight by drinking slimming tea.
Antonyms
* fatteningVerb
(head)trimming
English
Noun
(en noun)- I gave a good trimming to my elderly neighbour's hedges.
- to give a boy a trimming