Insignificant vs Puny - What's the difference?
insignificant | puny | Related terms |
Not significant; not important, consequential, or having a noticeable effect.
(obsolete) A new pupil at a school etc.; a junior student.
(obsolete) A younger person.
*, II.12:
(obsolete) A beginner, a novice.
(archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate.
Of inferior size, strength or significance.
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Insignificant is a related term of puny.
As adjectives the difference between insignificant and puny
is that insignificant is not significant; not important, consequential, or having a noticeable effect while puny is of inferior size, strength or significance.As a noun puny is
(obsolete) a new pupil at a school etc; a junior student.insignificant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Such things are insignificant details compared to the main goal.
Synonyms
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* significantDerived terms
* insignificance * insignificantlypuny
English
Noun
(punies)- a law that the eldest or first borne child shall succeed and inherit all: where nothing at all is reserved for Punies , but obedience.
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Adjective
(er)- A puny subject strikes at thy great glory.
- Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed.